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ReviewSaudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society2022

The Impact of Patient Access to Their Electronic Health Record on Medication Management Safety: A Narrative Review.

Ghadah Assiri

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Review in Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Journal of health communication · 2026
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  4. Chatbot To Help Patients Understand Their Health.Proceedings of the Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing. Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing · 2025
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  5. Review
  6. Observational
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  8. The Reasons for Physicians and Pharmacists' Acceptance of Clinical Support Systems in Saudi Arabia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
    Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ghadah AssiriDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
King Saud University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: As the American's Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) stated that patients should be allowed to review their medical records, and as information technology is ever more widely used by healthcare professionals and patients, providing patients with online access to their own medical records through a patient portal is becoming increasingly popular. Previous research has been done regarding the impact on the quality and safety of patients' care, rather than explicitly on medication safety, when providing those patients with access to their electronic health records (EHRs). Aim: This narrative review aims to summarise the results from previous studies on the impact on medication management safety concepts of adult patients accessing information contained in their own EHRs. Result: A total of 24 studies were included in this review. The most two commonly studied measures of safety in medication management were: (a) medication adherence and (b) patient-reported experience. Other measures, such as: discrepancies, medication errors, appropriateness and Adverse Drug Events (ADEs) were the least studied. Conclusion: The results suggest that providing patients with access to their EHRs can improve medication management safety. Patients pointed out improvements to the safety of their medications and perceived stronger medication control. The data from these studies lay the foundation for future research.

Indexed as

ACOVE, Assessing Care Of Vulnerable EldersADE, Adverse Drug EventsCI, Confidence IntervalEHR, Electronic Health RecordElectronic health recordElectronic medical recordsHIPAA, American’s Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability ActHIV/AIDS, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeLMR, Longitudinal Medical RecordMHV, MyHealtheVetOR, Odds RatioOTC, over-the-counterPAERS, Patient Access to Electronic Records SystemPatient access and medication managementPatient participationPCP, Primary Care PhysicianPDC, Proportion of Days CoveredPG, Patient GatewayPHR, Personal Health RecordRCT, Randomised Controlled TrialRR, Relative RiskSPARO, System Providing Access to Records OnlineUK, United KingdomUSA, United States of AmericaVA, Veterans AffairsWDS, WellDoc System

Identifiers

PMID35498224
PMCPMC9051961
OpenAlexW4205305054

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