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Willingness of Patients to Use Computers for Health Communication and Monitoring Following Myocardial Infarction.

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Shaw, RJ; Zullig, LL; Crowley, MJ; Grambow, SC; Lindquist, JH; Shah, BR; Peterson, E; Bosworth, HB
Published in: Comput Inform Nurs
September 2015

We describe the computer use characteristics of 406 post-myocardial infarction (MI) patients and their willingness to engage online for health communication and monitoring. Most participants were computer users (n = 259; 63.8%) and half (n = 209; 51.5%) read health information online at least monthly. However, most participants did not go online to track health conditions (n = 283; 69.7%), look at medical records (n = 287; 70.7%), or e-mail doctors (n = 351; 86.5%). Most participants would consider using a Web site to e-mail doctors (n = 275; 67.7%), share medical information with doctors (n = 302; 74.4%), send biological data to their doctor (n = 308; 75.9%), look at medical records (n = 321; 79.1%), track health conditions (n = 331; 81.5%), and read about health conditions (n = 332; 81.8%). Sharing health information online with family members (n = 181; 44.6%) or for support groups (n = 223; 54.9%) was not of much interest. Most post-MI participants reported they were interested in communicating with their provider and tracking their health conditions online. Because patients with a history of MI tend to be older and are disproportionately minority, researchers and clinicians must be careful to design interventions that embrace post-MI patients of diverse backgrounds that both improve their access to care and health outcomes.

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Comput Inform Nurs

DOI

EISSN

1538-9774

Publication Date

September 2015

Volume

33

Issue

9

Start / End Page

384 / 389

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Telemedicine
  • Physician-Patient Relations
  • Patient Access to Records
  • Nursing
  • North Carolina
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Internet
  • Humans
 

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Shaw, R. J., Zullig, L. L., Crowley, M. J., Grambow, S. C., Lindquist, J. H., Shah, B. R., … Bosworth, H. B. (2015). Willingness of Patients to Use Computers for Health Communication and Monitoring Following Myocardial Infarction. Comput Inform Nurs, 33(9), 384–389. https://doi.org/10.1097/CIN.0000000000000175
Shaw, Ryan J., Leah L. Zullig, Matthew J. Crowley, Steven C. Grambow, Jennifer H. Lindquist, Bimal R. Shah, Eric Peterson, and Hayden B. Bosworth. “Willingness of Patients to Use Computers for Health Communication and Monitoring Following Myocardial Infarction.Comput Inform Nurs 33, no. 9 (September 2015): 384–89. https://doi.org/10.1097/CIN.0000000000000175.
Shaw RJ, Zullig LL, Crowley MJ, Grambow SC, Lindquist JH, Shah BR, et al. Willingness of Patients to Use Computers for Health Communication and Monitoring Following Myocardial Infarction. Comput Inform Nurs. 2015 Sep;33(9):384–9.
Shaw, Ryan J., et al. “Willingness of Patients to Use Computers for Health Communication and Monitoring Following Myocardial Infarction.Comput Inform Nurs, vol. 33, no. 9, Sept. 2015, pp. 384–89. Pubmed, doi:10.1097/CIN.0000000000000175.
Shaw RJ, Zullig LL, Crowley MJ, Grambow SC, Lindquist JH, Shah BR, Peterson E, Bosworth HB. Willingness of Patients to Use Computers for Health Communication and Monitoring Following Myocardial Infarction. Comput Inform Nurs. 2015 Sep;33(9):384–389.

Published In

Comput Inform Nurs

DOI

EISSN

1538-9774

Publication Date

September 2015

Volume

33

Issue

9

Start / End Page

384 / 389

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Telemedicine
  • Physician-Patient Relations
  • Patient Access to Records
  • Nursing
  • North Carolina
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Internet
  • Humans