An Assessment of Patient Portal Messaging Use by Patients With Multiple Chronic Conditions Living in Rural Communities: Retrospective Analysis

• Published in: Journal of medical Internet research Vol. 25; no. 1; p. e44399
• Main Authors: Chivela, Fernando L, Burch, Ashley E, Asagbra, Oghale
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Canada Gunther Eysenbach MD MPH, Associate Professor 01.08.2023; JMIR Publications
• Subjects: Cardiovascular disease; Chronic Disease; Chronic illnesses; Communication; Comorbidity; Cost analysis; Density; Diabetes; Educational attainment; Electronic health records; Female; Health care delivery; Health care policy; Health education; Health information; Health insurance; Health literacy; Humans; Intersectionality; Male; Marital status; Medical personnel; Multiple Chronic Conditions; Original Paper; Ownership; Patient Portals; Patient satisfaction; Personal health; Primary care; Race; Retrospective Studies; Robustness; Rural areas; Rural communities; Rural Population; Selfmanagement; Society; Text Messaging; Web portals; United States > US; multimorbidity; patient messaging; patient portal; chronic disease; mobile phone; rural

Patient portals can facilitate the delivery of health care services and support self-management for patients with multiple chronic conditions. Despite their benefits, the evidence of patient portal use among patients with multimorbidity in rural communities is limited. This study aimed to explore th...