Table 2.

Baseline Patient Health Information Management Characteristics and Perceptions of Coordination of Care between VA and non-VA providers.

	Total Sample	VA Health Summary Training (n=27)	Attention Control (N=25)	P-Value Fisher’s Exact
Who do you consider primarily responsible for your health care?				0.76
VA Provider	15 (28.8%)	9 (33%)	6 (24%)
Provider Outside the VA	10 (19.2%)	5 (18.5%)	5 (20%)
Both are Equally Responsible	27 (51.9%)	13 (48%)	14 (56%)
How do your VA providers and providers outside the VA currently learn about health care you receive at the other provider’s office? Check all that apply.
Veteran shares the information between them.	35 (67%)	20 (74%)	15 (60%)	0.38
Doctors Exchange Medical Records via mail or fax.	15 (28%)	7(26%)	8 (32%)	0.76
Veteran does not know how they communicate	8 (15%)	5 (18.5%)	3 (12%)	0.70
They do not communicate	4 (8%)	2 (7%)	2 (8%)	1.0
They speak by phone	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	-