Digital Tools Designed to Obtain the History of Present Illness From Patients: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many medical conditions, perhaps 80% of them, can be diagnosed by taking a thorough history of present illness (HPI). However, in the clinical setting, situational factors such as interruptions and time pressure may cause interactions with patients to be brief and fragmented. One solution for improving clinicians' ability to collect a thorough HPI and maximize efficiency and quality of care could be to use a digital tool to obtain the HPI before face-to-face evaluation by a clinician.

Objective

Our objective was to identify and characterize digital tools that have been designed to obtain the HPI directly from patients or caregivers and present this information to clinicians before a face-to-face encounter. We also sought to describe outcomes reported in testing of

SUBMITTER: Berdahl CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9716422 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature