Connecting the Dots: Health Information Technology Expansion and Health Disparities

Courtney Lyles; Dean Schillinger; Urmimala Sarkar

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001852

Connecting the Dots: Health Information Technology Expansion and Health Disparities

PLoS Med. 2015 Jul 14;12(7):e1001852. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001852. eCollection 2015 Jul.

Authors

Courtney Lyles¹, Dean Schillinger¹, Urmimala Sarkar¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America; Center for Vulnerable Populations, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America.

Abstract

Courtney Lyles and colleagues highlight how the expansion of patient-facing electronic health record portals could exacerbate existing healthcare disparities.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Electronic Health Records*
Health Promotion
Healthcare Disparities / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Meaningful Use*
Medical Informatics / organization & administration
Medical Informatics / statistics & numerical data*

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding