Potential of an Electronic Health Record-Integrated Patient Portal for Improving Care Plan Concordance during Acute Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Care plan concordance among patients and clinicians during hospitalization is suboptimal.

Objective

This article determines whether an electronic health record (EHR)-integrated patient portal was associated with increased understanding of the care plan, including the key recovery goal, among patients and clinicians in acute care setting.

Methods

The intervention included (1) a patient portal configured to solicit a single patient-designated recovery goal and display the care plan from the EHR for participating patients; and (2) an electronic care plan for all unit-based nurses that displays patient-inputted information, accessible to all clinicians via the EHR. Patients admitted to an oncology unit, including their nurses and physicians, were enrolled befor

SUBMITTER: Dalal AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6541475 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature