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Words Matter: What Do Patients Find Judgmental or Offensive in Outpatient Notes?

Leonor Fernández^1,2, Alan Fossa^3,4, Zhiyong Dong³

¹Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA, USA. Lfernan1@bidmc.harvard.edu.

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|February 2, 2021

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Approximately 10.5% of patients felt judged or offended by outpatient notes, particularly those in poor health. Addressing note content and tone is crucial for maintaining patient trust and improving care relationships.

Keywords:

bias health information transparency language patient-doctor relationship trust

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Area of Science:

Health Informatics
Patient Experience
Clinical Communication

Background:

Sharing outpatient notes with patients offers clinical benefits but may risk causing offense or reducing trust.
Patient portal use and open notes initiatives are increasingly common in healthcare systems.

Purpose of the Study:

To determine the prevalence of patients feeling judged or offended by outpatient notes.
To identify the reasons why patients experience negative emotions from reading their notes.

Main Methods:

Analysis of a large Internet survey of adult patients with access to their outpatient visit notes.
Quantitative analysis of patient-reported feelings of judgment/offense and qualitative thematic analysis of free-text explanations.

Main Results:

10.5% of 22,959 respondents reported feeling judged or offended by their notes.
Patients reporting poor health, unemployment, or inability to work were more likely to feel negatively impacted.
Common themes included perceived errors, surprises, labeling, and disrespect in the notes.

Conclusions:

A significant minority of patients experience negative emotions from outpatient notes, influenced by content and tone.
Particular attention to note content is needed for vulnerable patient populations.
Improving clinician awareness of patient perspectives can enhance medical communication and strengthen the patient-healer relationship.