Summary
This study in JAMA Network Open aimed to investigate how often patients who read open ambulatory visit notes perceive mistakes, and what types of mistakes they report. The results of the study showed that:
- 1 in 5 patients who read a note reported finding a mistake
- 40% perceived the mistake as serious
- the most common mistakes reported were mistakes in diagnoses, medical history, medications, physical examination, test results, notes on the wrong patient and sidedness.
The authors suggest that patients may perceive important errors in their visit notes, and inviting them to report mistakes may be associated with improved record accuracy and patient engagement in safety.
Frequency and types of patient-reported errors in electronic health record ambulatory care notes (9 June 2020)
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2766834
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