ArticleJournal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA2021
Patient portal engagement and diabetes management among new portal users in the Veterans Health Administration.
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Improving Diabetes Care Through Effective Personalized Patient Portal Interactions
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Patient-Centered Digital Health Records and Their Effects on Health Outcomes: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- Multilevel Intervention to Increase Patient Portal Use in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Who Access Health Care at Community Health Centers: Single Arm, Pre-Post Pilot Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Trial
- Evaluation of the implementation of a patient portal pilot intervention among people with type 2 diabetes at community health centers.Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare · 2025Article
- Outpatient Portal Use and Blood Pressure Management during Pregnancy.AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science proceedings. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science · 2025Article
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- Relationship Between Patient Portal Tool Use and Medication Adherence and Viral Load Among Patients Living with HIV.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Article
- Use of the Veterans Health Administration online patient portal among Veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2023Article
- Utilization of patient portals: a cross-sectional study investigating associations with mobile app quality.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2023Article
- Understanding Patients' Preferences and Experiences During an Electronic Health Record Transition.Journal of general internal medicine · 2023Article
- Secure Messaging for Diabetes Management: Content Analysis.JMIR diabetes · 2023Article
- Tablet distribution to veterans: an opportunity to increase patient portal adoption and use.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2022Article
- Improving Patient Access to the My HealthFederal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2022Article
- From Testers to Cocreators-the Value of and Approaches to Successful Patient Engagement in the Development of eHealth Solutions: Qualitative Expert Interview Study.JMIR human factors · 2022Article
- Patient Portal Use Among Diabetic Patients With Different Races and Ethnicities.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2022Article
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11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveThe study sought to investigate whether consistent use of the Veterans Health Administration's My HealtheVet (MHV) online patient portal is associated with improvement in diabetes-related physiological measures among new portal users. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe conducted a retrospective cohort study of new portal users with type 2 diabetes that registered for MHV between 2012 and 2016. We used random-effect linear regression models to examine associations between months of portal use in a year (consistency) and annual means of the physiological measures (hemoglobin A1c [HbA1c], low-density lipoproteins [LDLs], and blood pressure [BP]) in the first 3 years of portal use.
resultsFor patients with uncontrolled HbA1c, LDL, or BP at baseline, more months of portal use in a year was associated with greater improvement. Compared with 1 month of use, using the portal 12 months in a year was associated with annual declines in HbA1c of -0.41% (95% confidence interval [CI], -0.46% to -0.36%) and in LDL of -6.25 (95% CI, -7.15 to -5.36) mg/dL. Twelve months of portal use was associated with minimal improvements in BP: systolic BP of -1.01 (95% CI, -1.33 to -0.68) mm Hg and diastolic BP of -0.67 (95% CI, -0.85 to -0.49) mm Hg. All associations were smaller or not present for patients in control of these measures at baseline.
conclusionsWe found consistent use of the patient portal among new portal users to be associated with modest improvements in mean HbA1c and LDL for patients at increased risk at baseline. For patients with type 2 diabetes, self-management supported by online patient portals may help control HbA1c, LDL, and BP.
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