Mental Health Care Professionals' Appraisal of Patients' Use of Web-Based Access to Their Electronic Health Record: Qualitative Study.
Antonius Mattheus van RijtPauline HulterAnne Marie Weggelaar-JansenKees C T B AhausBettine PluutPublished in: Journal of medical Internet research (2021)
Mental health care professionals struggle with the effects of web-based patient access and are searching for the best ways to modify their registration and consultation practices. Our participants seem to appraise the effects of web-based patient access individually. Our study signals the lack of systematization and communal appraisal. It also suggests various solutions to the challenges faced by mental health care professionals. To optimize the effects of web-based patient access to EHRs, mental health care professionals need to be involved in the process of developing, implementing, and embedding patient portals.