Electronic checklists improve referral letters in gastroenterology: a randomized vignette survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Investigate whether gastroenterologists rate the quality of referral letters higher if electronic dynamic checklist items are added to a standard free-text referral letter. Assess how this affects the gastroenterologists' assessment of the patient's need for healthcare and the agreement between their assessments.

Design

Randomized vignette study.

Setting

Norwegian primary gastroenterology services.

Participants

Thirty-two Norwegian gastroenterologists.

Intervention

Between June 2015 and January 2016, participants were recruited through an open invitation to all members of the Norwegian Society of Gastroenterology. They were asked to rate 16 referral letters (vignettes) in a web interface: eight letters in free text following a general template

SUBMITTER: Eskeland SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6047431 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature