Site 1 | Site 2 | Site 3 | ALL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
N=39 (%) | N=22 (%) | N=38 (%) | N=99 (%) | |
Preintervention survey question | ||||
Patients will find significant errors in the notes* | ||||
% Agree | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
% Somewhat agree | 18 | 27 | 29 | 24 |
% Somewhat disagree | 46 | 41 | 50 | 46 |
% Disagree | 33 | 32 | 18 | 27 |
Patients will disagree with what I write | ||||
% Agree | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
% Somewhat agree | 41 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
% Somewhat disagree | 33 | 23 | 37 | 32 |
% Disagree | 20 | 32 | 21 | 23 |
Postintervention survey question | ||||
Patients who read their visit notes trust me more as their doctor* | ||||
% Agree | 4 | 27 | 18 | 15 |
% Somewhat agree | 37 | 40 | 32 | 36 |
% Somewhat disagree | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
% Disagree | 4 | 13 | 5 | 6 |
% Do not know | 37 | 20 | 45 | 36 |
Patient satisfaction improved | ||||
% Yes | 46 | 59 | 58 | 53 |
I ordered more tests and/or referrals | ||||
% Yes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Based on my experience, making visit notes available to patients online changed my risk for lawsuits | ||||
% Risk decrease | 8 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
% Risk no change | 20 | 45 | 21 | 26 |
% Risk increase | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
% Do not know | 69 | 45 | 76 | 67 |
The ‘ALL’ column represents average results, accounting for the proportion of respondents at each site.
*Providers unable to provide an estimate of the percentage of their patients who read open visit notes were not asked this question (N=61).
PCP, primary care physician.