Increasing Patient Engagement: Patients’ Responses to Viewing Problem Lists Online

A. Wright; J. Feblowitz; F.L. Maloney; S. Henkin; H. Ramelson; J. Feltman; D.W. Bates

doi:10.4338/ACI-2014-07-RA-0057

Applied Clinical Informatics, Table of Contents

Appl Clin Inform 2014; 05(04): 930-942
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2014-07-RA-0057

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Increasing Patient Engagement: Patients’ Responses to Viewing Problem Lists Online

A. Wright

¹Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

²Partners HealthCare, Boston, MA

³Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

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J. Feblowitz

¹Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

²Partners HealthCare, Boston, MA

³Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

,

F.L. Maloney

²Partners HealthCare, Boston, MA

,

S. Henkin

¹Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

²Partners HealthCare, Boston, MA

,

H. Ramelson

¹Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

²Partners HealthCare, Boston, MA

³Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

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J. Feltman

²Partners HealthCare, Boston, MA

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D.W. Bates

¹Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

²Partners HealthCare, Boston, MA

³Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

⁴Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

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Personal medical records - health information technology - patient portal - patient satisfaction - patient survey

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