Characteristics of Patients Using Patient Portals in Oncology

JAMA Oncol. 2018 Mar 1;4(3):416-418. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2017.5257.

Kelvin Pho¹, Rong Lu², Samantha Gates³, Yang Xie^{2

4}, Simon J Craddock Lee^{2

4}, David E Gerber^{2

4

5}

¹ School of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
² Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
³ Information Resources, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
⁴ Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
⁵ Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.

Abstract

This study examines the association of accessing electronic oncology patient portal data with patient characteristics and type of portal content.