Adoption of patient-centered care practices by physicians: results from a national survey. Audet, A., Davis, K., & Schoenbaum, S. C. Archives of Internal Medicine, 166(7):754--759, 2006.
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BACKGROUND: Little is known about the extent to which primary care physicians (PCPs) practice patient-centered care, 1 of the Institute of Medicine's 6 dimensions of quality. This article describes the adoption of patient-centered practice attributes by PCPs. METHODS: Mail survey; nationally representative physician sample of 1837 physicians in practice at least 3 years postresidency. RESULTS: Eighty-three percent of PCPs surveyed are in favor of sharing of medical records with patients. Most physicians (87%) support team-based care. But, only 16% of PCPs communicate with their patients via e-mail; only 36% get feedback from their patients. Seventy-four percent of PCPs still experience problems with availability of patients' medical records or test results; less than 50% have adopted patient reminder systems. Thirty-three percent of physicians practicing in groups of 50 or more have adopted 6 to 11 of the 11 patient-centered care practices targeted in the survey compared with 14% of solo physicians. CONCLUSION: Although some patient-centered care practices have been adopted by most PCPs, other practices have not yet been adopted as broadly, especially those targeting coordination, team-based care, and support from appropriate information systems.
@article{audet_adoption_2006,
	title = {Adoption of patient-centered care practices by physicians: results from a national survey},
	volume = {166},
	issn = {0003-9926},
	shorttitle = {Adoption of patient-centered care practices by physicians},
	doi = {10.1001/archinte.166.7.754},
	abstract = {BACKGROUND: Little is known about the extent to which primary care physicians (PCPs) practice patient-centered care, 1 of the Institute of Medicine's 6 dimensions of quality. This article describes the adoption of patient-centered practice attributes by PCPs.
METHODS: Mail survey; nationally representative physician sample of 1837 physicians in practice at least 3 years postresidency.
RESULTS: Eighty-three percent of PCPs surveyed are in favor of sharing of medical records with patients. Most physicians (87\%) support team-based care. But, only 16\% of PCPs communicate with their patients via e-mail; only 36\% get feedback from their patients. Seventy-four percent of PCPs still experience problems with availability of patients' medical records or test results; less than 50\% have adopted patient reminder systems. Thirty-three percent of physicians practicing in groups of 50 or more have adopted 6 to 11 of the 11 patient-centered care practices targeted in the survey compared with 14\% of solo physicians.
CONCLUSION: Although some patient-centered care practices have been adopted by most PCPs, other practices have not yet been adopted as broadly, especially those targeting coordination, team-based care, and support from appropriate information systems.},
	language = {eng},
	number = {7},
	journal = {Archives of Internal Medicine},
	author = {Audet, Anne-Marie and Davis, Karen and Schoenbaum, Stephen C.},
	year = {2006},
	pmid = {16606812},
	keywords = {Aged, Attitude of Health Personnel, Female, Health Care Surveys, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Patient-Centered Care, Primary Health Care, United States},
	pages = {754--759}
}

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