Home Research Research Library How Do Family Physicians Document Patients’ Social Needs in Electronic Health Records? How Do Family Physicians Document Patients’ Social Needs in Electronic Health Records? 2023 Author(s) Hendrix, Nathaniel, Phillips, Robert L, and Bazemore, Andrew W Topic(s) Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Health Information Technology (HIT) Volume 36(3):510-512 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Social needs are critical determinants of patient health, but their capture in clinical records began recently. A representative survey of family physicians showed that 61% of respondents document social needs using notes, with fewer using diagnosis codes or electronic forms. This preference for unstructured documentation may make it difficult to connect patients across organizations or for policymakers and planners to identify geographic variation in needs. ABFM Research Read all 2016 Reducing Burden, Assuring Competence, Improving Quality, and Enhancing Professionalism: How Can Abfm Contribute to All? Go to Reducing Burden, Assuring Competence, Improving Quality, and Enhancing Professionalism: How Can Abfm Contribute to All? 2025 Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale Go to Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale 2020 Women’s Work: Why Are Women Physicians More Burned Out? Go to Women’s Work: Why Are Women Physicians More Burned Out? 2016 How Other Countries Use Deprivation Indices-And Why The United States Desperately Needs One Go to How Other Countries Use Deprivation Indices-And Why The United States Desperately Needs One
Author(s) Hendrix, Nathaniel, Phillips, Robert L, and Bazemore, Andrew W Topic(s) Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Health Information Technology (HIT) Volume 36(3):510-512 Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2016 Reducing Burden, Assuring Competence, Improving Quality, and Enhancing Professionalism: How Can Abfm Contribute to All? Go to Reducing Burden, Assuring Competence, Improving Quality, and Enhancing Professionalism: How Can Abfm Contribute to All? 2025 Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale Go to Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale 2020 Women’s Work: Why Are Women Physicians More Burned Out? Go to Women’s Work: Why Are Women Physicians More Burned Out? 2016 How Other Countries Use Deprivation Indices-And Why The United States Desperately Needs One Go to How Other Countries Use Deprivation Indices-And Why The United States Desperately Needs One
2016 Reducing Burden, Assuring Competence, Improving Quality, and Enhancing Professionalism: How Can Abfm Contribute to All? Go to Reducing Burden, Assuring Competence, Improving Quality, and Enhancing Professionalism: How Can Abfm Contribute to All?
2025 Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale Go to Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale
2020 Women’s Work: Why Are Women Physicians More Burned Out? Go to Women’s Work: Why Are Women Physicians More Burned Out?
2016 How Other Countries Use Deprivation Indices-And Why The United States Desperately Needs One Go to How Other Countries Use Deprivation Indices-And Why The United States Desperately Needs One
