Department of Medicine

Patients fail to understand significant terms in EHR information: study

Written by HealthCareBusiness News | August 25, 2022

“Our aims were to get a clearer picture of what patients were understanding and not understanding, and to learn more about what educational tools patients would find most helpful. We’re seeing this need not just in breast oncology and surgery, but across all areas of healthcare,” said lead author Alexandra Verosky, a third-year medical student at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, in a statement.