Patient Perceptions of Receiving COVID-19 Test Results via an Online Patient Portal: An Open Results Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the United States, attention has been focused on "open notes" and "open results" since the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology implemented the 21st Century Cures Act Final Rule on information blocking. Open notes is an established best practice, but open results remains controversial, especially for diseases associated with stigma, morbidity, and mortality. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with all three of these effects and represents an ideal disease for the study of open results for sensitive test results.

Objectives

This study evaluates patient perspectives related to receiving COVID-19 test results via an online patient portal prior to discussion with a clinician.

Methods

We surveyed adults who under

SUBMITTER: Turer RW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8514268 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature