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Optimizing Secure Patient Messaging Workflow In A Vermont Primary Care Clinic, Kimberly S. Oleary
Optimizing Secure Patient Messaging Workflow In A Vermont Primary Care Clinic, Kimberly S. Oleary
College of Nursing and Health Sciences Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Project Publications
Optimizing Secure Patient Messaging Workflow in a Vermont Primary Care Clinic
Kim O’Leary, DNPc, RN
DNP Advisor: Margaret Aitken, DNP, AGNP, ANP-BC
Site Mentor: James Williamson, MHA, Site Supervisor, Adult Primary Care
Background: Secure patient messaging is a popular tool designed for non-urgent questions, yet patients sometimes use it to relay urgent concerns. As office workflows tend to prioritize responses to other methods of communication, this presents a potentially unsafe situation in which clinical staff may not respond to these urgent messages in a timely manner.
Purpose: To develop a methodology to improve the timeliness, effectiveness, and safety of secure …
Physician Satisfaction: The Role Of E-Mail Communication In The Practice Of Medicine, Joaquin Alvarado
Physician Satisfaction: The Role Of E-Mail Communication In The Practice Of Medicine, Joaquin Alvarado
Honors Theses
Communication between a physician and a patient is an integral part to the healthcare delivery system. E-mail has the power to fully utilize a physician’s medical expertise for the good of the patient. However, many physicians do not offer this service to their patients in the United States. This study analyzes factors that impact e‐mail utilization among physicians and whether e-mail use contributes to career satisfaction of physicians using the 2008 Health Tracking and Physician Survey. Controlling for the effect of physician and practice characteristics, such as financial incentive for providing services, gender, specialty, practice type, and reliance on Medicaid …