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. 2017 Mar 24;24(5):942–949. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocx021

Table 4.

Message resolution within SM by message content category

Message content Overall (N = 945)
N and percentage of patient-initiated messages Message resolution
Fully addressed Partially addressed Acknowledged None/Don’t Know
Medication renew or refill 446 (47.2) 350 (78.5) 47 (10.5) 1 (0.2) 48 (10.8)
Scheduling 166 (17.6) 130 (78.8) 12 (7.3) 0 (0.0) 23 (13.9)
Medication issue 122 (12.9) 79 (64.8) 17 (13.9) 1 (0.8) 25 (20.5)
Health issue 120 (12.7) 68 (56.7) 12 (10.0) 2 (1.7) 38 (31.7)
Referral 66 (7.0) 51 (77.3) 7 (10.6) 1 (1.5) 7 (10.6)
Administrative 61 (6.5) 48 (78.7) 3 (4.9) 0 (0.0) 10 (16.4)
Test result 51 (5.4) 44 (86.3) 3 (5.9) 0 (0.0) 4 (7.8)
Test issue 49 (5.2) 41 (83.7) 4 (8.2) 0 (0.0) 4 (8.2)
FYI informing 46 (4.9) 19 (41.3) 7 (15.2) 2 (4.3) 18 (39.1)
MHV/SM/technology-related 39 (4.1) 30 (76.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 8 (20.5)
Appreciation 37 (3.9) 23 (62.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 14 (37.8)
Self-reporting 26 (2.8) 15 (57.7) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.8) 10 (38.5)
Life issue 14 (1.5) 6 (42.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 8 (57.1)
Complaint 14 (1.5) 8 (57.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 6 (42.9)
Other 14 (1.5) 7 (50.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (7.1) 6 (42.9)