Individuals' access and use of patient portals and smartphone health apps: 2020
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- ONC data brief
- Author(s):
- Johnson, Christian, MPH (based on t.p. from bib 9918317682006676), author Richwine, Chelsea, author Patel, Vaishali, author
- Contributor(s):
- United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, September 2021
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Facilities and Services Utilization -- statistics & numerical data Mobile Applications Patient Portals Smartphone Physician's Role United States United States. Department of Health and Human Services.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- In May 2020, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) finalized federal rulemaking that aimed to increase the access, exchange, and use of electronic health information by patients and their caregivers (1). This rule implements key provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act that require certain certified health IT developers to adopt secure, standards-based application programming interfaces (APIs) that enable individuals to access and manage their health records using a smartphone health app of their choice (2). This brief analyzes data from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS), a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults which was fielded from January 2020 through April 2020. These findings largely reflect pre-pandemic rates of individuals being offered and subsequently using their online medical record, also known as a patient portal. The brief also examines individuals' use of smartphone health apps to manage health information, and the role of provider encouragement in prompting individuals to use these tools.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (14 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918317682006676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918317682006676