Patient Perspectives on Advance Care Planning via a Patient Portal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient portals can offer patients an opportunity to engage in the advance care planning (ACP) process outside of clinical visits.

Objective

To describe patient perspectives on use of patient portal-based ACP tools.

Design

Interviews with patients who used portal-based ACP tools. The tools included an electronic Medical Durable Power of Attorney (MDPOA) form to designate a medical decision maker, a patient-centered educational web page, online messaging, and patient access to completed advance directives stored in the electronic health record (EHR).

Setting

Regional health-care system with a common EHR.

Measurements

Semistructured interviews with purposefully sampled patients who used the ACP tools. Questions explored motivations for using the

SUBMITTER: Jordan SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6602833 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature