DECIPHERING THE PHYSICIAN NOTE

被引:9
作者
KOZAK, EA
DITTUS, RS
SMITH, WR
FITZGERALD, JF
LANGFELD, CD
机构
[1] the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
[2] the Roudebush VAMC, Indianapolis, Indiana
[3] the Regenstrief Institute for Health Care, Indianapolis, Indiana
[4] the Medical College of Virginia (WRS), Richmond, Virginia
关键词
PHYSICIAN HANDWRITING; PHYSICIAN-PHYSICIAN COMMUNICATION;
D O I
10.1007/BF02599144
中图分类号
R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
学科分类号
摘要
Objective information about legibility of physician handwriting is scant. This retrospective chart review compared handwritten general medicine clinic chart notes from internal medicine faculty and housestaff with their typed counterparts. The written counterparts took 11 seconds (46%) longer to read and 5 seconds (ll%) longer to answer comprehension questions. The authors' comprehension measure (developed specifically for ambulatory clinic notes) was only slightly higher for typed notes. The legibility of physician handwriting is not as dismal as assumed; physicians can effectively communicate on paper.
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页码:52 / 54
页数:3
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