title: Patients Typing Their Own Visit Agendas Into an Electronic Medical Record: Pilot in a Safety-Net Clinic.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: McHale O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Sara L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Natalia V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Oster
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peacock
authors.affiliation: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Janice D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Galen Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington jelmore@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Joann G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Elmore
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000379:methods*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010865:Pilot Projects; D064876:Safety-net Providers; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: electronic medical records; patient-provider communication; self-management