Filmed Monologue Vignettes: a novel method for investigating how clinicians document consultations in electronic health records.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and objectives

The accuracy of conclusions from research based on Electronic Healthcare Records (EHRs) is highly dependent on the correct selection of descriptors (codes) by users, but few methods exist for examining quality and drivers of documentation. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of filmed vignette monologues as a resource-light method of assessing and comparing how different EHR users record the same clinical scenario.

Methods

Six short monologues portraying simulated patients presenting allergic conditions to their General Practitioners were filmed head-on then electronically distributed for the study; no researcher was present during data collection. The method was assessed by participant uptake, reported ease of completion by par

SUBMITTER: Glew S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8142957 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature