Results of Statement Cluster Analysis With Examples of Idea Statements
| Cluster | Examples of Idea Statements |
|---|---|
| Access and navigation (12 statements) | Assist patients with navigating interactions with other departments Identify patient transportation needs and concerns Give more time for self-management support to the medical assistants Access texting program to help remind patients about appointments, studies, medications, and referralsa |
| Empowering patient proactivity and self-care (14 statements) | Patients could participate in creating an action plan for improving their health carea Encourage patients to bring their medications to their visits Examination rooms could have computers with health-related or disease-specific education modules for patients to view while they wait Patients should have high expectations of our health care system, but they must also be patient: modern health care is complicated and frustrating for everyone at times |
| Formalize patient involvement in the practice (14 statements) | (Patients could) work on developing standards of care in the practice Provide more opportunities for patient feedback, committees, questionnaires, rating evaluationsa Patients could participate in a “run-through” of practice redesign ideas Patients could draft materials like brochures for procedures |
| Patient-provider communication (23 statements) | Allow patients to give feedback to their providers Patients could write down questions before their appointmenta Provide a way for patients to give feedback to providers about how they are doing Train the doctors to ask sensitive questions, for example, about sex or addiction |
| Community resources (20 statements) | (Patients could) assist the practice in identifying community resources that can support health (The practice could) provide help for patient caregivers Offer more interactive health education opportunitiesa Provide opportunities in the waiting room for things that patients could participate in |
| Technology (18 statements) | Have a laptop or iPad at check in for patient health surveys and entering patient information Increase opportunities to communicate with health professionals using portal or website Have a method to help patients track their progress in managing their chronic diseasesa Help patients with computers in the waiting room |
↵a An idea that appeared in our go-zone diagram as having both high feasibility and high impact.