Objective. To explore patient perceptions of patient–provider communication after an actual
adverse medical event because prior patient error studies are rarely based on real situations…

Introduction: Our university hospital-based primary care practices transitioned a budding
interest in telehealth to a largely telehealth-based approach in the face of the COVID-19 …

The Distributed Ambulatory Research in Therapeutics Network (DARTNet) is a federated
network of electronic health data from 8 organizations representing more than 500 clinicians …

Background Many medical errors occur during the laboratory testing process, including lost
test results. Patient inquiry concerning results often represents the final safety net for locating …

Background Advance care planning is the process of discussing health care treatment
preferences based on patients’ personal values, and it often involves the completion of advance …

Importance Information is needed about optimal strategies to improve evidence-based
treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in primary care. Objective To determine whether a …

Background Patient portals may improve communication between families of children with
asthma and their primary care providers and improve outcomes. However, the feasibility of …

BACKGROUND Practice-based research networks (PBRNs) replicating the National Ambulatory
Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) must sample more than 1 year to account for presumed …

The primary goal of prenatal care is the birth of a healthy infant while minimizing maternal
morbidity and mortality. The current model of prenatal care for a low-risk pregnancy in the …

PURPOSE We wanted to describe the potential benefits and problems associated with selected
electronic methods of collecting data within practice-based research networks (PBRNs). …