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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 …
Did You Hear What I Meant To Say?, Dennis J. Baumgardner
Did You Hear What I Meant To Say?, Dennis J. Baumgardner
Dennis J. Baumgardner, MD
The author introduces Volume 4, Issue 1 of Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews by acknowledging the importance of communication between patient and caregiver in the clinical setting. Failure to communicate effectively can have a negative impact on a patient's well-being, therefore efforts to improve communication skills among clinicians, researchers and health practice administrators should be undertaken with regularity.
Did You Hear What I Meant To Say?, Dennis J. Baumgardner
Did You Hear What I Meant To Say?, Dennis J. Baumgardner
Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews
The author introduces Volume 4, Issue 1 of Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews by acknowledging the importance of communication between patient and caregiver in the clinical setting. Failure to communicate effectively can have a negative impact on a patient's well-being, therefore efforts to improve communication skills among clinicians, researchers and health practice administrators should be undertaken with regularity.