Electronic health record-based patient tracking by emergency medicine physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Emergency medicine (EM) physicians commonly track the progress of former patients to learn about their clinical outcome. While some studies have described the behavior, little is known about the specific information sought during tracking. The objective of this study was to determine how often EM physicians track patients and the motivations, strategies, and barriers to tracking.

Methods

In June 2019 we surveyed EM physicians practicing at six hospitals. We defined patient tracking as viewing the chart of a patient who was no longer under the physician's care or contacting the patient or the patient's subsequent providers to learn about the patient's progress. The survey asked respondents how often they track patients, by what mechanisms, and for what reasons. The

SUBMITTER: Villalba C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8923647 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature