Potential of an Electronic Health Record-Integrated Patient Portal for Improving Care Plan Concordance during Acute Care.
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Care plan concordance among patients and clinicians during hospitalization is suboptimal. OBJECTIVE:This article determines whether an electronic health record (EHR)-integrated patient portal was associated with increased understanding of the care plan, including the key recovery goal, among patients and clinicians in acute care setting. METHODS:The intervention included (1) a patient portal configured to solicit a single patient-designated recovery goal and display the care plan from the EHR for participating patients; and (2) an electronic care plan for all unit-based nurses that displays patient-inputted information, accessible to all clinicians via the EHR. Patients admitted to an oncology unit, including their nurses and physicians, were enrolled before and after implementation. Main outcomes included mean concordance scores for the overall care plan and individual care plan elements. RESULTS:Of 457 and 283 eligible patients approached during pre- and postintervention periods, 55 and 46 participated in interviews, respectively, including their clinicians. Of 46 postintervention patients, 27 (58.7%) enrolled in the patient portal. The intention-to-treat analysis demonstrated a nonsignificant increase in the mean concordance score for the overall care plan (62.0-67.1, adjusted p?=?0.13), and significant increases in mean concordance scores for the recovery goal (30.3-57.7, adjusted p?
SUBMITTER: Dalal AK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6541475 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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