Directed Use of the Internet for Health Information by Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: Prospective Cohort Study

Clarissa Jonas Diamantidis   ^{1, 2} , MD, MHS ;   Wanda Fink   ² , MS, RN ;   Shiming Yang   ³ , MS ;   Marni R Zuckerman   ² , MA ;   Jennifer Ginsberg   ² , MS ;   Peter Hu   ⁴ , PhD ;   Yan Xiao   ⁵ , PhD ;   Jeffrey C Fink   ^{1, 2, 6} , MS, MD

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD, US

² Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, US

³ Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, US

⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, US

⁵ Baylor Health Care Quality Institute for Health Care Research and Improvement, Office of Patient Safety, Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, TX, US

⁶ Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, US