Clark S J, Costello L E, Gebremariam A, Dombkowski K J
Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit, University of Michigan.
Appl Clin Inform. 2015 Feb 25;6(1):110-9. doi: 10.4338/ACI-2014-10-RA-0098. eCollection 2015.
To assess parents' current utilization and future willingness to use patient portals to interact with their child's health care provider.
A cross-sectional survey of a nationally representative sample of US parents was conducted using an established online panel. Bivariate analyses assessed associations between current utilization and future willingness to use patient portals, parental concerns, and demographic variables.
Among the 1,420 parent respondents, 40% did not know whether their child's health practice offers the option of setting up a patient portal for their child. Of the 21% of parents who reported being offered the option of setting up a patient portal for their child, 59% had done so. Among parents who had the option but chose not to set up a patient portal for their child, lack of time and low perceived need were the main reasons cited. Current use and likelihood of future use was highest for viewing lab results and immunization records. The most common concern about patient portals was the security of the child portal system.
Current use of patient portals by parents is low. Only about half of parents currently using or likely to use a portal perceive value in using portals for certain tasks, which suggests that providers will need to continue traditional communication mechanisms to reach their entire patient population.
评估家长目前对患者门户网站的使用情况以及未来使用该网站与孩子的医疗服务提供者进行互动的意愿。
利用一个成熟的在线小组对具有全国代表性的美国家长样本进行横断面调查。双变量分析评估了当前使用情况与未来使用患者门户网站的意愿、家长担忧以及人口统计学变量之间的关联。
在1420名家长受访者中，40%不知道其孩子的医疗机构是否提供为孩子设置患者门户网站的选项。在报告有机会为孩子设置患者门户网站的21%家长中，59%已经设置。在有机会但选择不为孩子设置患者门户网站的家长中，时间不足和认为需求不大是主要原因。查看实验室检查结果和免疫记录的当前使用率和未来使用可能性最高。对患者门户网站最常见的担忧是儿童门户网站系统的安全性。
家长目前对患者门户网站的使用率较低。目前使用或可能使用门户网站的家长中，只有约一半认为在某些任务中使用门户网站有价值，这表明医疗服务提供者需要继续采用传统沟通方式来覆盖全体患者。
