title: Patient empowerment by electronic health records: first results of a systematic review on the benefit of patient portals.
abstract: Patient portals provide patients with access to a provide-managed electronic health record (EHR). They may provide an interesting approach to increase patient empowerment. The objective of this paper is to provide a first overview of the state-of-the-art and the impact of patient portals. Based on a systematic literature search, we identified five evaluation studies on patient portals. These studies demonstrate only little effect of patient portals on patient empowerment.
authors.affiliation: University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall in Tyrol, Austria. elske.ammenwerth@umit.at
authors.forename: Elske
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ammenwerth
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schnell-Inderst
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoerbst
mesh_terms: D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation; D011209:Power, Psychological