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Electronic Health Records and Patient Activation – Their Interactive Role in Medication Adherence

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Smart Health (ICSH 2015)

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We investigate the association between the use of Electronic Health Records (EHR) core functions in physician practices and medication adherence among chronically ill adults, as well as how patient activation moderates this relationship. Cross-sectional logistic regressions are conducted using data from the Aligning Forces for Quality Consumer Survey and the National Study of Small and Medium Physician Practices (2007–2009). Only 43 % of the practices have a basic EHR. The use of electronic communication and connectivity is positively associated with medication adherence for patients who are highly activated, but the association is negative for less activated patients. EHR based interventions may need to be customized based on patient activation and other factors.

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  1. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA

    Yunfeng Shi, Veronica Fuentes-Caceres & Nina Verevkina

  2. Northwestern University, Evanston, USA

    Megan McHugh

  3. George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

    Jessica Greene

  4. Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA

    Lawrence Casalino

  5. University of California, Berkeley, USA

    Stephen Shortell

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Shi, Y. et al. (2016). Electronic Health Records and Patient Activation – Their Interactive Role in Medication Adherence. In: Zheng, X., Zeng, D., Chen, H., Leischow, S. (eds) Smart Health. ICSH 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9545. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29175-8_21

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