%0 Journal Article
%@ 2561-7605
%I JMIR Publications
%V 5
%N 2
%P e34628
%T Shared Access to Patient Portals for Older Adults: Implications for Privacy and Digital Health Equity
%A Wolff,Jennifer L
%A Dukhanin,Vadim
%A Burgdorf,Julia G
%A DesRoches,Catherine M
%+ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Room 692, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21205-1996, United States, 1 410 502 0458, jwolff2@jhu.edu
%K patient portal
%K electronic health record
%K care partners
%K proxy
%K health equity
%K health informatics
%K health services
%K elderly
%K older adults
%K aging
%K cognition
%K health system
%K care delivery
%K elderly care
%D 2022
%7 4.5.2022
%9 Viewpoint
%J JMIR Aging
%G English
%X Growing reliance on the patient portal as a mainstream modality in health system interactions necessitates prioritizing digital health equity through systems-level strategies that acknowledge and support all persons. Older adults with physical, cognitive, sensory, and socioeconomic vulnerabilities often rely on the involvement of family and friends in managing their health, but the role of these care partners in health information technology is largely undefined and poorly understood. This viewpoint article discusses challenges and opportunities of systematic engagement of care partners through shared access to the patient portal that have been amplified in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak and recent implementation of federal information blocking rules to promote information transparency alongside broader shifts toward care delivery innovation and population aging. We describe implementation considerations and the promise of granular, role-based privacy controls in addressing the nuanced and dynamic nature of individual information sharing preferences and fostering person- and family-centered care delivery.
%M 35507405
%R 10.2196/34628
%U https://aging.jmir.org/2022/2/e34628
%U https://doi.org/10.2196/34628
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35507405