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About the National Data
Data
Baseline: 80.0 percent of adults aged 18 years and over used IT to track healthcare data or communicate with providers in 2017
Target: 87.3 percent
Methodology
Questions used to obtain the national baseline data
From the 2017 Health Information National Trends Survey:
Numerator:
In the past 12 months, have you used a computer, smartphone, or other electronic means to do any of the following?Looked for health or medical information for yourself?
- Yes
- No
Used e-mail or the internet to communicate with a doctor or a doctor's office?
- Yes
- No
Made appointments with a health care provider?
- Yes
- No
Look up test results?
- Yes
- No
Methodology notes
HINTS is an annual, cross-sectional survey of a nationally-representative sample of American adults that is used to assess the impact of the health information environment.
History
1. Effect size h=0.2 was chosen to correspond with 20% improvement from a baseline of 50%.