title: Predictors of communication quality: the patient, provider, and nurse call center triad.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine characteristics of communication quality in a managed care context in which a nurse call center was used as the patient point of entry to the health system. The study sought to determine the level of communication quality among patients, health care providers, and nurses in the call center. Having measured the timeliness, accuracy, usefulness, and quantity of communication variables, a reasonable picture of communication quality emerged. The study explored patient differences in their perception of communication quality due to socioeconomic status, needs, experience, age, and various other factors. Likewise, providers who differ in training, specialty, and experience should have different perceptions and expectations of communication through nurse call center interaction.
authors.affiliation: Health Administration Programs, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, USA. Gerald.r.ledlw@cmich.edu
authors.forename: Gerald R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Ledlow
authors.forename: H Dan
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: O'Hair
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000592:standards*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000592:standards*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D014218:Triage / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology