Direct release of test results to patients increases patient engagement and utilization of care

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Pillemer, Francesca ^a   Price, Rebecca Anhang ^a   Paone, Suzanne ^c   Martich, G Daniel ^b,c   Albert, Steve ^b   Haidari, Leila ^b   Updike, Glenn ^c   Rudin, Robert ^a   Liu, Darren ^f   Mehrotra, Ateev ^a,d,e  

^a RAND Corporation Arlington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIRECT TEST RESULT RELEASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT ENGAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT RIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ACCESS TO RECORDS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84976602594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154743     Document Type: Article

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