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Personal Health Records, Patient-Accessible Electronic Health Records, Patient Portals (636)

Published on in Vol 22, No 12 (2020): December

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/18725, first published .
Patient Challenges and Needs in Comprehending Laboratory Test Results: Mixed Methods Study

Patient Challenges and Needs in Comprehending Laboratory Test Results: Mixed Methods Study

Patient Challenges and Needs in Comprehending Laboratory Test Results: Mixed Methods Study

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Zhan Zhang1 Author Orcid Image ;   Daniel Citardi1 Author Orcid Image ;   Aiwen Xing2 Author Orcid Image ;   Xiao Luo3 Author Orcid Image ;   Yu Lu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Zhe He4 Author Orcid Image
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