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Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/80517, first published .
Patient Sharing of Digital Health Data in the Veterans Health Administration: Cross-Sectional Analysis

Patient Sharing of Digital Health Data in the Veterans Health Administration: Cross-Sectional Analysis

Patient Sharing of Digital Health Data in the Veterans Health Administration: Cross-Sectional Analysis

Mark S Zocchi   1, 2, 3 , PhD ;   Jessica M Lipschitz   1, 4, 5 , PhD ;   Felicia R Bixler   1, 6 , MS ;   Stephanie A Robinson   1, 2, 7 , PhD ;   Bella Etingen   1, 8, 9 , PhD ;   Timothy P Hogan   1, 2, 9 , PhD ;   Ndindam Ndiwane   1, 2 , MPH ;   Saige Calkins   1, 2 , MA ;   Terry Newton   10 , MD ;   Nilesh Shah   10, 11 , MD ;   Ben Kragen   1, 2 , MBA, PhD ;   Alexander S Young   1, 12, 13 , MD ;   Stephanie L Shimada   1, 2, 3, 14 , PhD

1 eHealth Partnered Evaluation Initiative, VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, United States

2 Center for Health Optimization and Implementation Research, VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, United States

3 Division of Health Informatics and Implementation Science, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States

4 Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

5 Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

6 Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare, Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL, United States

7 The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States

8 Research and Development Service, Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States

9 Department of Health Economics, Systems, and Policy, Peter O’Donnell Jr School of Public Health, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States

10 Office of Connected Care, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC, United States

11 School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States

12 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, United States

13 Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

14 Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Mark S Zocchi, PhD
  • Center for Health Optimization and Implementation Research
  • VA Bedford Healthcare System
  • 200 Springs Road, Bldg. 70
  • Bedford, MA 01730
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 781-687-4737
  • Email: Mark.Zocchi@va.gov