on the effect of electronic patient portal on primary care utilization and appointment adherence.

Conclusions: Patient portal users' disease burden adjusted PCP office visit rate was significantly reduced in one and a half year and thereafter post portal adoption. PCP appointment no-show rate was also significantly reduced and cancellation rate was not affected, implying improved care engagement of patients.

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What is an electronic patient portal?

The main outcome measures are disease burden adjusted rates of office visits arrived, no-show, and cancellation to primary care physicians (PCPs) per quarter between patient portal adopters (denoted as users) and non-users. Results: At the time of adoption, the quarterly PCP office visit rate ratio (RR) of patient portal users to non-users was 1.33 (95% CI, 1.27-1.39; p < 0.001).

How does patient-physician communication change with patient portal?

Oct 16, 2018 · Therefore, in our work, we used longitudinal data generated by a large patient cohort, and proposed a causal inference framework, aiming to test the hypotheses that 1) patients who adopt patient portal would decrease their disease burden adjusted use of primary care office visits, and 2) adopting portal improves PCP appointment adherence, which implies …

How do patient portals affect medication adherence?

Oct 16, 2018 · Therefore, in our work, we used longitudinal data generated by a large patient cohort, and proposed a causal inference framework, aiming to test the hypotheses that 1) patients who adopt patient portal would decrease their disease burden adjusted use of primary care office visits, and 2) adopting portal improves PCP appointment adherence, which implies …

Does a portal with electronic messaging reduce the number of visits?

On the effect of electronic patient portal on primary care utilization and appointment adherence Xiang Zhong1*, Muxuan Liang2, Reynerio Sanchez1, Menggang Yu3, Pamela R. Budd4, Julie L. Sprague4 and Marvin A. Dewar4 Abstract Background: The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of patient portal adoption on patients’ primary

How does a patient portal help?

Among them, patient portals are recognized as a promising mechanism to support greater patient engagement by increasing communication between patients and providers , and enabling patients to make competent and well-informed decisions. Empowered by the rapid development of health information technology and facilitated by the US federal government (e.g., the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, which authorized incentive payments to physicians who demonstrated “meaningful use” of health information systems [ 2 ]), patient portals are now widely available and increasingly being adopted by patients and providers.

What is UF Health?

The study was conducted at UF Health, a medical network associated with the University of Florida (UF). The UF Health network includes two academic hospitals and several other hospitals and facilities in North Central Florida. In 2011, UF Health started offering “MyUFHealth,” also known as MyChart® by Epic®. MyUFHealth is an electronic patient portal that provides patients a secure and convenient way to access portions of their medical records (e.g., released test results, after visit summary), communication with the clinical service providers using secure messaging, request prescription refills, and management of outpatient appointments. MyUFHealth is available to patients who are seen in the UF Health network at Gainesville or Jacksonville hospitals and physician outpatient practices. MyUFHealth pediatric proxy for children under 18 years old is also available and can be established in the UF Health Physicians clinics. Proxy access allows a parent (or guardian) to log into their personal MyUFHealth account, and then connect to the MyUFHealth account of their child. Therefore, children under 18 years old can also be portal users in this study.

Is the data from the current study publicly available?

The datasets analyzed during the current study are not publicly available due to the protocol. Data are however available from the authors upon reasonable request and with the permission of UF IRB.

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The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of patient portal adoption on patients' primary care utilization and appointment adherence.

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