Background Patient portals (ie, electronic personal health records tethered to institutional
electronic health records) are recognized as a promising mechanism to support greater …

Background The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH)
Act imposes pressure on health care organizations to qualify for “Meaningful Use”. It is …

Background Tracking national progress in diabetes care may aid in the evaluation of past
efforts and identify residual gaps in care. Methods We analyzed data for adults with self …

Background Patient portals have the potential to support self-management for chronic
diseases and improve health outcomes. With the rapid rise in adoption of patient portals …

Background Patient portals provide patients with the tools to better manage and understand
their health status. However, widespread adoption of patient portals faces resistance from …

Background: Advancements in information technology (IT) and its increasingly ubiquitous
nature expand the ability to engage patients in the health care process and motivate health …

Objectives To understand the experiences of patients and healthcare professionals (HCPs)
using self-management digital interventions (DIs) for chronic physical health conditions …

Chronic disease has become the great epidemic of our times, responsible for 75% of total
health care costs and the majority of deaths in the US. Our current delivery model is poorly …

Background: As health care systems around the world shift toward models that emphasize
self-care management, there is increasing pressure for patients to obtain health information …

Background Adequate self-management is the cornerstone of type 2 diabetes treatment, as
people make the majority of daily treatment measures and health decisions. The increasing …