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3772579

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-12-10
pubmed:abstractText
When internal medicine residents leave teaching programs, continuity of care for outpatients is affected. The authors had departing residents send their patients computer-generated letters identifying another physician to provide continuing care. The letters were randomly withheld from 20% of the patients (NL), and they were compared with patients who received letters (RL). A telephone survey was administered and visits and no-show rates were determined. The RL patients more often knew of the change in provider (84% vs 54%, p less than 0.01) and identified the resident as the source of the information (77% vs 43%, p less than 0.01) than NL patients. There were no significant differences between RL and NL patients in mean numbers of appointments (1.0 vs 0.8) or no-show rates (24% vs 21%) following housestaff turnover. Both groups wanted to be told by the physician about future changes and were willing to be informed by letter. A computer-generated letter appears to be an effective way of notifying patients about transfer of care during the annual housestaff turnover in teaching programs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0884-8734
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
94-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-2-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Continuity of care after July: what happens to the resident's patients?
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't