Attitudes towards adoption and continued use of patient portals

  • Research type

    Research Study

  • Full title

    Attitudes towards adoption and continued use of patient portals, changes that patients would make and technical specification for design

  • IRAS ID

    265271

  • Contact name

    Michael Quinn

  • Contact email

    michael.quinn2@hscni.net

  • Sponsor organisation

    Encompass NI

  • Duration of Study in the UK

    0 years, 2 months, 0 days

  • Research summary

    Patient portals are a way for patients to electronically access their own health record information - including test results.

    Despite the technology to facilitate this being available, there is not yet widespread use of patient portals.

    Through this research, I will be seeking to understand more about public opinion on patient portals, and the barriers to their adoption.

    Their opinions will be assessed to identify trends in the opinion of the general public towards patient portals, and to determine changes that could be made to patient portals to increase their use.

  • REC name

    East of England - Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Research Ethics Committee

  • REC reference

    19/EE/0187

  • Date of REC Opinion

    12 Jun 2019

  • REC opinion

    Further Information Favourable Opinion