Published on in Vol 10 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/85205, first published .
Screening by Health Care Systems for Barriers to Patient Engagement With Digital Health Care: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Screening by Health Care Systems for Barriers to Patient Engagement With Digital Health Care: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Screening by Health Care Systems for Barriers to Patient Engagement With Digital Health Care: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Jonathan J Shih   1 * , BS ;   Andersen Yang   2, 3 * , MPH ;   Vivian E Kwok   1 , MPH ;   Amy R Sheon   4 , MPH, PHD ;   Robert L Ellis   5 , MHA, PhD ;   Emilia H De Marchis   6 , MAS, MD ;   Lisa C Diamond   7, 8 , MPH, MD ;   Marika Dy   2, 3 , MPH ;   Courtney R Lyles   5 , PhD ;   Carmen Ma   9 , BS ;   Nilpa D Shah   2, 3 , MPH ;   Kelsey H Natsuhara   10 , MD ;   Sarah B Rahman   11 , MPH, MD ;   Jorge A Rodriguez   12 , MD ;   Urmimala Sarkar   2, 3, 13 , MPH, MD ;   Anjana E Sharma   3, 6, 13 , MAS, MD ;   Elaine C Khoong   2, 3, 13 , MS, MD

1 School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

2 Division of General Internal Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

3 Action Research Center for Health, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

4 Public Health Innovators, LLC, North Bethesda, MD, United States

5 Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States

6 Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

7 Hospital Medicine Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States

8 Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States

9 Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

10 Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

11 Alameda Health System, Oakland, CA, United States

12 Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

13 Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Elaine C Khoong, MS, MD
  • Division of General Internal Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
  • Department of Medicine
  • University of California, San Francisco
  • 2540 23rd St Room 4708, 4th floor
  • San Francisco, CA 94110
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 415-502-6300
  • Email: elaine.khoong@ucsf.edu