Table 4.
VA Health Summary Training | Attention Control | p-value | |
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N=20 | N=13 | ||
Patient brought a VA Health Summary to the Appointment | 19 (90%) | 2 (17%) | 0.001 |
Patient and I discussed care received at the VA | 17 (81%) | 7 (58%) | 0.23 |
Patient discussed information s/he looked up on the internet. | 8 (40%) | 3 (23%) | 0.45 |
Questions specifically about the VA Health Summary asked only of those indicating a patient brought a summary in (N=19) | N/ Percent endorsing “yes” | ||
I have confidence in the accuracy of the information provided. | 18 (95%) | ||
Information from this health summary improved my ability to have an accurate medication list and make treatment decisions about medications. | 17 (89%) | ||
I did not order some laboratory tests because of the information available on the health summary document. | 6 (32%) |
Note: Smaller sample size is due to 20 (74%) of providers in the VA Health Summary Training arm and 13 (52%) of providers in the attention control returning their self-report surveys.