1. Patients Typing Their Own Visit Agendas Into an Electronic Medical Record: Pilot in a Safety-Net Clinic.
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Anderson, McHale O., Jackson, Sara L., Oster, Natalia V., Peacock, Sue, Walker, Janice D., Chen, Galen Y., and Elmore, Joann G.
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ELECTRONIC health records , *PHYSICIAN-patient relations , *PHYSICIAN services utilization , *PRIMARY care , *MEDICAL decision making - Abstract
Collaborative visit agenda setting between patient and doctor is recommended. We assessed the feasibility, acceptability, and utility of patients attending a large primary care safety-net clinic typing their agendas into the electronic visit note before seeing their clinicians. One hundred and one patients and their 28 clinicians completed post-visit surveys. Patients and clinicians agreed that the agendas improved patient-clinician communication (patients 79%, clinician 74%), and wanted to continue having patients type agendas in the future (73%, 82%). Enabling patients to type visit agendas may enhance care by engaging patients and giving clinicians an efficient way to prioritize patients' concerns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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