title: Patient Satisfaction With Electronic Health Record Use by Primary Care Nurse Practitioners.
abstract: The purpose of this research study was to determine if satisfaction and communication between the patient and the nurse practitioner are affected by allowing patients to view their electronic health records during the history portion of the primary care office visit compared with patients who do not view their records. A cross-sectional, experimental design was utilized for this study. The intervention group was shown several components of the electronic health record during the history portion of the nurse practitioner assessment. This group's scores on a patient satisfaction survey were compared with those of the control group, who were not shown the electronic health record. The study findings suggest that the introduction of the electronic health record does not affect patients' satisfaction related to the office visit by the nurse practitioner.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Oakland University, Rochester, MI (Dr Mysen); School of Nursing, Oakland University, Rochester (Dr Penprase); and College of Nursing, Wayne State University, Detroit (Dr Piscotty), MI.
authors.forename: Katie L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Mysen
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Penprase
authors.forename: Ronald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Piscotty
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000523:psychology*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D048108:Nursing Informatics; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D059017:Primary Care Nursing