RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Patients Typing Their Own Visit Agendas Into an Electronic Medical Record: Pilot in a Safety-Net Clinic
JF The Annals of Family Medicine
JO Ann Fam Med
FD American Academy of Family Physicians
SP 158
OP 161
DO 10.1370/afm.2036
VO 15
IS 2
A1 Anderson, McHale O.
A1 Jackson, Sara L.
A1 Oster, Natalia V.
A1 Peacock, Sue
A1 Walker, Janice D.
A1 Chen, Galen Y.
A1 Elmore, Joann G.
YR 2017
UL http://www.annfammed.org/content/15/2/158.abstract
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.