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. 2014 Feb 6;21(4):751–757. doi: 10.1136/amiajnl-2013-002501

Table 1.

Search queries

Search terms in title/abstract Restrictions Hits from combined search with all terms
Patient portal*
Patient web portal*
Patient online portal*
Patient internet portal*
Personal health record (PHR)* AND electronic
PHR* AND online
PHR AND electronic
PHR AND online
Shared electronic medical record*
Electronic PHR*		 Time period: 2003–2013

Language: English

Type of publication: Peer-reviewed		 PubMed: 150
PsycINFO: 53
LISTA: 48
Scopus: 279
Total: 530

The asterisk (*) after a search term indicates that we searched for variations of the truncated term. In the displayed search queries, that enabled us to capture both the singular and the plural form of a term, eg ‘patient portal’ and ‘patient portals’.