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SUBMITTER: Allende-Richter S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7204810 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Allende-Richter Sophie S Ramirez Melanie M Khoury Zana Z Bourgeois Fabienne F Epee-Bounya Alexandra A O'Hare Kitty K
BMJ paediatrics open 20200426 1
We conducted a 15-item self-answered survey to assess self-management skills and explore interest in a patient portal among publicly insured Hispanic youths ages 12-25. Out of 61 participants, 33% did not know how to schedule an appointment, 50% how to refill prescriptions, 58% how to access their personal health information, 84% were unaware of the portal and 92% never used it. Referring to the portal as an online application increased participants interest by 39%. Although study participants e ...[more]