Patient use of health IT tools to interact with healthcare providers and delivery systems, including exchanging secure messages with their medical providers and using other web-based tools, has great potential to increase patient access to care, change the way healthcare is delivered, and affect patient clinical outcomes. This study will examine the impact of implementation and use of consumer health IT tools on patient-reported access to care, utilization of medical care services, and clinical outcomes.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
168,477
Number of Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSC) Hospitalizations. Portal Users vs Those Who Are Not Portal Users
Number of ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) hospitalizations per 1000 patients per month among those who accessed the portal and those who did not access the portal.
Time frame: Data from 2006-2007
Patient Self-report Survey Data
Patient-reported reasons for using the patient portal
Time frame: March 2015-April 2016
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