Use of the Blue Button Online Tool for Sharing Health Information: Qualitative Interviews With Patients and Providers

Dawn M Klein   ^{1, 2} , MSW ;   Gemmae M Fix   ^{3, 4} , PhD ;   Timothy P Hogan   ^{3, 5, 6} , PhD ;   Steven R Simon   ^{7, 8} , MD ;   Kim M Nazi   ⁹ , PhD ;   Carolyn L Turvey   ^{1, 2} , PhD

¹ Iowa City VA Health Care System, Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE) Center, Iowa City, IA, United States

² University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Iowa City, IA, United States

³ Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR), A VA HSR&D Center of Innovation, Bedford, MA, United States

⁴ Boston University School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston, MA, United States

⁵ University of Massachusetts Medical School, Division of Health Informatics and Implementation Science, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences,, Worcester, MA, United States

⁶ Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, eHealth Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, National eHealth QUERI Coordinating Center, Bedford, MA, United States

⁷ Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston, MA, United States

⁸ Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Boston, MA, United States

⁹ Veterans Health Administration, Veterans and Consumers Health Informatics Office, Office of Informatics & Analytics, Washington, DC, United States