Patient Race/Ethnicity and Shared Medical Record Use Among Diabetes Patients

Autor: Linda Wehnes, Lynne T. Harris, James D. Ralston, Lou Grothaus, Luesa Jordan, Robert J. Reid, Courtney R. Lyles
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Medical Care. 50:434-440
ISSN: 0025-7079
DOI: 10.1097/mlr.0b013e318249d81b
Popis: BACKGROUND Previous studies have documented racial/ethnic differences in patients' use of websites providing shared electronic medical records between patients and health care professionals. Less is known about whether these are driven by patient-level preferences and/or barriers versus broader provider or system factors. METHODS Cross-sectional study of diabetes patients in an integrated delivery system in 2008-2009. Primary measures were race/ethnicity and shared medical record (SMR) use. Covariates included sociodemographics (age, sex, income, education), health status (comorbidity, diabetes severity), and provider characteristics (encouragement of SMR, secure messaging use, clinic). RESULTS The majority (62%) of Whites used the SMR, compared with 34% of Blacks, 37% of Asians, and 55% of other race/ethnicity (P
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