Informatics in Primary Care  

Simon de Lusignan

In this issue we publish articles about how digital health and the skills needed to use it may increase disparities.

Muzawir Arief,Sari Rissanen,Kaija Saranto

Background: Internet use among the elderly is influenced by various demographic backgrounds, social life and health factors.Objective: This study aims to identify the impact of several demographic features on 60- to 79-year-old individuals’ intention to u... see more

Ian Litchfield,Alice Turner,Ruth Backman,João Bosco Ferreira Filho,Mark Lee

Background: The number of people in the UK with three or more long-term conditions continues to grow and the management of patients with co-morbidities is complex. In treating patients with multimorbidities, a fundamental problem is understanding and dete... see more

Srinivas Emani,Ellen Peters,Sonali Desai,Andrew S Karson,Stuart R Lipsitz,Rajani LaRocca,John Stone,Vlas Suric,Jonathan S Wald,Amy Wheeler,Deborah H Williams,David W Bates

Background: Patient portals have emerged as an important tool through which patients can access online health information and engage in their health care. However, we know little about how patients perceive portals and whether patient perceptions might in... see more

Tanisha Tate Woodson,Rose Gunn,Khaya D Clark,Bijal A Balasubramanian,Katelyn K Jetelina,Brianna Muller,Benjamin F. Miller,Timothy E. Burdick,Deborah J Cohen

Background: Electronic health records (EHRs) are a key tool for primary care practice. However, EHR functionality is not keeping pace with the evolving informational and decision-support needs of behavioral health clinicians (BHCs) working on integrated t... see more

Naren Gunja,Ian Dunlop,Milan Vaghasiya,Kevin Kuan,Simon Poon

Background: Traditional implementations of electronic medication management (EMM) systems have involved two common formats – a ‘big bang’ approach on the day of go-live, or a phased ward-by-ward approach over months.Objective: To describe the patient-cent... see more

Jennifer Mannik,Andrea Figol,Vanessa Churchill,James Aw,Stacy Francis,Ezekiel Karino,Julius Kibet Chesire,Danet Opot,Benard Ochieng,Michael Thomas Hawkes

Background: An increasing burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in low-resource settings demands innovative public health approaches.Objectives: To design and test a novel mHealth tool for use by community health workers (CHWs) to identify individuals at... see more

Richard Williams,Richard Keers,Wouter T. Gude,Mark Jeffries,Colin Davies,Benjamin Brown,Evangelos Kontopantelis,Anthony J. Avery,Darren M. Ashcroft,Niels Peek

Background: Patient safety is vital to well-functioning health systems. A key component is safe prescribing, particularly in primary care where most medications are prescribed. Previous research demonstrated that the number of patients exposed to potentia... see more

Simon Antranik Sarkisian,Andrew Kagel

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Afeezat Olajumoke Oyeyemi,Philip Scott

A great asset of any healthcare system is “information” which includes, but not limited to patient data, clinical history and treatments. It is no secret that there is a growing demand for healthcare, however, this demand is yet to be achieved due to the ... see more