Using a patient portal as a recruitment tool to diversify the pool of participants in COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disproportionately affected racial/ethnic minorities in the United States, who are underrepresented in clinical trials. We assessed the feasibility of using the University of Pennsylvania Health System electronic health record patient portal to diversify the pool of participants in COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials. The patient portal was used to send invitations to eligible individuals living in zip codes with high rates of racial/ethnic minorities [...]
Author(s): Yuh, Tiffany, Srivastava, Tuhina, Fiore, Danielle, Schmidt, Harald, Frank, Ian, Metzger, David, Momplaisir, Florence
DOI: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooac091