%0 Journal Article
%T Preliminary needs assessment of mobile technology use for healthcare among homeless veterans
%A D Keith McInnes
%A Gemmae M Fix
%A Jeffrey L Solomon
%A Beth Ann Petrakis
%A Leon Sawh
%A David A Smelson
%J PeerJ
%D 2015
%I 
%R 10.7287/peerj.preprints.749v1
%X BACKGROUND: Homeless veterans have complex healthcare needs, but experience many barriers to treatment engagement. While information technologies (IT), especially mobile phones, are used to engage patients in care, little is known about homeless veterans¡¯ IT use. This study examines homeless veterans¡¯ access to and use of IT, attitudes toward health-related IT use, and barriers to IT in the context of homelessness.
%K health informatics
%K veterans
%K homeless persons
%K mobile phones
%K access to care
%K health information technology
%K vulnerable populations
%K outreach
%K engagement in care
%U https://peerj.com/preprints/749/