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Published on in Vol 13 (2026)

This is a member publication of University of Washington

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/78430, first published .
Identifying Skill and Usability Barriers to Digital Health Tool Use Among Older Adult Patients in US Safety Net Clinics: Mixed Methods Study

Identifying Skill and Usability Barriers to Digital Health Tool Use Among Older Adult Patients in US Safety Net Clinics: Mixed Methods Study

Identifying Skill and Usability Barriers to Digital Health Tool Use Among Older Adult Patients in US Safety Net Clinics: Mixed Methods Study

Taylor Rapson   1, 2 , PhD ;   Magaly Ramirez   1 , PhD ;   Sandy He   2 , BS ;   Jeanette Wong   2, 3 , BS ;   Hyunjin Cindy Kim   2, 3 , MPH ;   Isabel Luna   2, 3 , BA ;   Andersen Yang   2, 3 , MPH ;   Junhong Li   2, 3 , BS ;   Paul A Fishman   1 , PhD ;   James D Ralston   1, 4 , MPH, MD ;   Courtney R Lyles   2, 3, 5 * , PhD ;   Elaine C Khoong   2, 3, 6 * , MS, MD

1 Department of Health Systems and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 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, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

4 Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States

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

6 Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation (DoC-IT), 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
  • 1001 Potrero Avenue, Main Building 5, 1st floor, 1M
  • San Francisco, CA 94110
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 628-206-8000
  • Email: elaine.khoong@ucsf.edu