Primary care and public health have largely functioned independently of one another despite their intersecting goals and efforts to improve the health of shared populatio [...]

This work is an effort to characterize the nature of text-based communication behaviors between healthcare providers at a tertiary-care freestanding children’s hospital, [...]

Electronic health records (EHRs) and collaborative healthcare delivery are two innovations implemented to meet the triple aim: improved patient satisfaction, better popu [...]

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Clinical documentation is an essential aspect of the patient-clinician encounter and serves many purposes. With the increasing use of electronic health records, computeri [...]

Human factors methods are rapidly being adopted by the medical informatics community to explore the safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health information technology [...]

Primary care is a practice of adapting to unpredictability, and the clinical staff has been entrusted to process rising volumes of patients. Clinical and non-clinical sta [...]

Patients are increasingly engaged in the process of health care, including consumption of their own health data through patient portals and apps. The OpenNotes movement h [...]

Half of US adults read below an 8th-grade level, making health literacy a significant barrier in patient-provider communication. Low health literacy levels contribute to [...]

Diversity within the nursing profession is a key driver to improve health equity (NASEM, 2021). Online learners are more successful when they feel a sense of social belon [...]