Digital healthcare equity in primary care : implementing an integrated digital health navigator

© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Medical Informatics Association. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissionsoup.com..

The 21st Century Cures Act and the rise of telemedicine led to renewed focus on patient portals. However, portal use disparities persist and are in part driven by limited digital literacy. To address digital disparities in primary care, we implemented an integrated digital health navigator program supporting portal use among patients with type II diabetes. During our pilot, we were able to enroll 121 (30.9%) patients onto the portal. Of newly enrolled or trained patients, 75 (62.0%) were Black, 13 (10.7%) were White, 23 (19.0%) were Hispanic/Latinx, 4 (3.3%) were Asian, 3 (2.5%) were of another race or ethnicity, and 3 (2.5%) had missing data. Our overall portal enrollment for clinic patients with type II diabetes increased for Hispanic/Latinx patients from 30% to 42% and Black patients from 49% to 61%. We used the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to understand key implementation components. Using our approach, other clinics can implement an integrated digital health navigator to support patient portal use.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA - 30(2023), 5 vom: 19. Apr., Seite 965-970

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rodriguez, Jorge Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Charles, Jean-Pierre [VerfasserIn]
Bates, David W [VerfasserIn]
Lyles, Courtney [VerfasserIn]
Southworth, Bonnie [VerfasserIn]
Samal, Lipika [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Digital divide
Digital equity
Digital literacy
Health disparities
Journal Article
Primary care
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 20.04.2023

Date Revised 17.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/jamia/ocad015

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353015792