PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Anderson, McHale O.
AU  - Jackson, Sara L.
AU  - Oster, Natalia V.
AU  - Peacock, Sue
AU  - Walker, Janice D.
AU  - Chen, Galen Y.
AU  - Elmore, Joann G.
TI  - Patients Typing Their Own Visit Agendas Into an Electronic Medical Record: Pilot in a Safety-Net Clinic
AID  - 10.1370/afm.2036
DP  - 2017 Mar 01
TA  - The Annals of Family Medicine
PG  - 158--161
VI  - 15
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/15/2/158.short
4100  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/15/2/158.full
SO  - Ann Fam Med2017 Mar 01; 15
AB  - 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.