scholarly journals The Use of Electronic Personal Health Records to Improve Medication Adherence and Patient Engagement: A Randomized Study of Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation Patients

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 2804-2813 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Chieh Chen ◽  
Amelia Roebuck ◽  
Areej Sami ◽  
Özlem Ersin ◽  
Michael Mirro
Keyword(s):  
Atrial Fibrillation ◽  
Medication Adherence ◽  
Patient Engagement ◽  
Randomized Study ◽  
Personal Health Records ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Improve Medication Adherence ◽  
Health Records ◽  
Electronic Personal Health Records

scholarly journals Important Design Features of Personal Health Records to Improve Medication Adherence for Patients with Long-Term Conditions: Protocol for a Systematic Literature Review (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisavet Andrikopoulou ◽  
Philip James Scott ◽  
Helena Herrera
Keyword(s):  
Medication Adherence ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Personal Health Records ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Improve Medication Adherence ◽  
Long Term Conditions ◽  
Health Records ◽  
Important Design

BACKGROUND The National Health Service (NHS) England spent £15.5 billion on medication in 2015. More than a third of patients affected by at least one long-term condition do not adhere to their drug regime. Many interventions have been trialed to improve medication adherence. One promising innovation is the electronic personal health record. OBJECTIVE This systematic literature review aims to identify the important design features of personal health records to improve medication adherence for patients with long-term conditions. METHODS This protocol follows the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocol (PRISMA-P 2015) statement. The following databases will be searched for relevant articles: PubMed, Science Direct, BioMed Central, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. Studies published in the last fifteen years, in English, will be included if the participants are adults who were treated outside the hospital, have the ability to self-administer their medication, and have at least one long-term condition. The review will exclude commercial or political sources and papers without references. Papers that research pediatrics, pregnant, or terminally ill patients will also be excluded, since their medication management is typically more complex. RESULTS One reviewer will screen the included studies, extract the relevant data, and assess the quality of evidence utilizing the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation system and the risk of bias using the Cochrane RevMan tool. The second reviewer will assess the quality of 25% of the included studies to assess interrater agreement. Any disagreement will be solved by a third reviewer. Only studies of high and moderate quality will be included for narrative synthesis. CONCLUSIONS NHS policy assumes that increasing usage of personal health records by citizens will reduce demand on health care services. There is limited evidence, however, that the use of health apps can improve patient outcomes, and, to our knowledge, this is the first systematic literature review aiming to identify important design features of the personal health record which may improve medication adherence in the adult population with long-term conditions. CLINICALTRIAL PROSPERO CRD42017060542; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=60542 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6zeuWXxVh) REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER RR1-10.2196/9778

scholarly journals Mixed methods protocol for a realist evaluation of electronic personal health records design features and use to support medication adherence (ePHRma)

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. e100046
Author(s):  
Elisavet Andrikopoulou ◽  
Philip J Scott ◽  
Helena Herrera
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Medication Adherence ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Realist Evaluation ◽  
Personal Health Records ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Long Term Conditions ◽  
Health Records ◽  
Electronic Personal Health Records

BackgroundNational Health Service policy suggests that increasing usage of electronic personal health records (PHR) by patients will result in cost savings and improved public health. Medication adherence means that patients take their prescribed medication as agreed with their doctors. Some of the claimed benefits of PHRs are decreasing healthcare costs and improving medication adherence and patient outcomes.MethodsThis is a mixed methods convergent study, primarily qualitative. The qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis will occur in parallel, and then be synthesised. We are interviewing and surveying adults with long-term conditions to identify what are the most important and useful features of their current PHR. The data collection comprises patient demographics, the Medication Adherence Questionnaire, the personality scale Big Five Inventory-2 Extra-Short Form and the WHO Quality of Life-BREF scale. Qualitative data will be analysed using the Framework method.EthicsWe have received a favourable ethical opinion from the Health Research Authority/Research Ethics Committee.

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