A pilot study to evaluate the magnitude of association of patient activation in HIV-infected veterans who use electronic personal health records

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Conflict of Interest StatementThe authors report no real or perceived vested interests that relate to this article that could be construed as a conflict of interest. Acknowledgments I would like to thank the Veterans at the San Francisco VA who helped make this study a success and my dissertation committee for supporting me during this project. PrePrints AbstractBackground: The HITECH Act signed into law in 2009 requires hospitals to provide patients with electronic access to their health information through an electronic personal health record (ePHR) in order to receive Medicare/Medicaid incentive payments. Little is known about who uses these systems or the impact these systems will have on patient outcomes in HIV care. The health care empowerment model provides rationale for the hypothesis that knowledge from an electronic personal health record can lead to greater patient empowerment resulting in improved outcomes.