TY  - JOUR
T1  - HOpe
AU  - Robinson C, Flowers CW, Alperson BL, Norris KC
Y1  - 1999/03/17
N1  - 10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-11-jbk0317
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 988
EP  - 989
VL  - 281
IS  - 11
N2  - 
To the Editor: Information technology has led to an
increase in the number of projects being developed to focus on
enhancing communication between health care professionals and
patients.1- 2 Despite the potential of the Internet and the
advances
in information technology to enhance medical care
for urban3 as well as rural disadvantaged persons, the
feasibility of electronic technology reaching this segment of the
population is unclear. To gain greater insight into this issue we
evaluated the information technology awareness and access among
patients at an inner-city county hospital clinic. Between December 1997
and February 1998, we randomly administered a 27-question survey
regarding awareness and access to specific informatics technologies to
patients receiving routine follow-up care in the outpatient general
medicine clinic at an urban medical center in Los Angeles, Calif.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-11-jbk0317
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-281-11-jbk0317
ER  -