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Patients’ And Family Caregivers’ Perceptions Of Doctor-To-Doctor Advice And Electronic Referral Notifications In Alberta, Yong Li, Annabelle Wong
Patients’ And Family Caregivers’ Perceptions Of Doctor-To-Doctor Advice And Electronic Referral Notifications In Alberta, Yong Li, Annabelle Wong
Patient Experience Journal
Effective communication between health professionals and patients is essential to patient safety and quality care. Primary care providers seeking specialist advice to manage patients’ conditions in the community has recently been adopted to improve timely access to specialty care and increase the efficacy of the referral process. To understand patients’ and family caregivers’ perceptions on doctor-to-doctor advice for non-urgent clinical questions and electronic referral communications with patients in Alberta, a mixed method online survey was conducted by Alberta Health Services’ Access Improvement team. A total of 1,422 patients and family caregivers living in Alberta were included in the quantitative and …