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Attitudes, experiences, and safety behaviours of adolescents and young adults who read visit notes: Opportunities to engage patients early in their care

Barbara D Lam, Fabienne Bourgeois, Catherine M DesRoches, Zhiyong Dong and Sigall K Bell
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/fhj.2021-0118
Future Healthc J November 2021
Barbara D Lam
ABeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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Fabienne Bourgeois
BBoston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Catherine M DesRoches
CBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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Zhiyong Dong
DBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
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ABSTRACT

The Cures Act made access to electronic visit notes (‘open notes’) nearly universal across the USA, and efforts to share open notes with patients are underway worldwide. This landmark policy change provides an opportunity to engage adolescents and young adults (AYA) early in their care, yet little is known about their attitudes related to reading notes. We compared the responses of 332 AYA (13-25 years old) and 6,914 adults (>25 years old) in a 2016 survey at two USA academic adult and paediatric hospitals. Over 85% of AYA and adults with available notes reported reading at least one note in the prior year. AYA reported similar benefits from note-reading to adults in 15 outcomes related to engagement, relational effects and safety behaviours, supporting efforts to engage AYA as partners in their care using open notes.

KEYWORDS:
  • patient safety
  • open notes
  • adolescents and young adults

Introduction

In the USA, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's Cures Act has mandated electronic access to clinical notes free of charge this past year, expanding ‘open notes’ to every patient in the country1 and marking a new era of digital health focused on transparency and accessibility. While this may seem a dramatic evolution for healthcare, the change may be welcomed or even expected by a younger generation of patients who have grown up immersed in technology. Inviting young patients to read their health information may give them an opportunity to step up as partners in their care.2–4 Studies of adult patients and parents of paediatric patients have shown that reading notes can improve safety behaviours and understanding of their care.5 Little is known, however, about how adolescents and young adults interact with their notes.6,7 Better understanding their perspectives can highlight opportunities to activate this patient population at a pivotal time, as they transition from paediatric to adult care, learn to make independent care decisions and begin to engage as safety partners with clinicians.

Patients who are 13-25 years of age, including adolescents and young adults (AYA), make up the majority of Generation Z and have some overlap with Millennials. Technology has been part of this generational cohort's lives since their childhoods and these ‘digital natives’ may have little to no memory of life before the internet. Their lives have been defined by social media and widespread connectivity and accessibility. In a 2018 Pew Research Center study,8 95% of 13-17-year-olds reported having a smartphone, with ownership near universal across different races and social backgrounds. 45% reported being online ‘almost constantly’ and 44% reported going online several times a day.

Although there are limited data on the technology-related healthcare preferences of AYA, some studies demonstrate that young adults want to access their health data online9–11 and as they get older, a greater proportion of them is anticipated to use patient portals.12,13 Safety experts advocate engaging patients with transparent notes,14,15 but attaining the potential benefits that come with reading notes requires raising awareness and actual note use by patients, ideally starting when they are young. These individuals may also be ideal advocates for shaping how health technology should continue to evolve in a patient-centred way. In this study, we surveyed patients at two large northeast USA academic medical centres, one focused on adult care and one specialised in paediatric care, and compared the responses of AYA to those older than 25 years old (‘adults’) to determine:

  • note-reading practices and perceptions regarding the importance of reading notes to engage in care

  • patient-provider relational effects of reading notes

  • safety and quality-related outcomes including, first, behaviours linked to tests, referrals, and medication adherence, and, second, experiences with note accuracy and reporting errors.

Method

Participants

Portal account holders at the adult hospital and the paediatric hospital were eligible to participate if they had logged onto their portal at least once and had at least one available open note within the year prior to the study period (June 2016 to September 2016). At the paediatric hospital, individuals 13 years and older can register for their own portal account, and accounts are differentiated between parent/guardian accounts versus ‘self’ patient accounts. We invited a random half of eligible patients at the adult hospital to complete the survey through the patient portal, in compliance with portal-based survey restrictions at that hospital. At the paediatric hospital, we sent invitations to all eligible accounts, but we included only patient self-account holders in this analysis. Ten iPads were raffled off at each hospital as incentive for completing the survey.

Survey development

An interdisciplinary team including patient and family advocates developed the survey, which then underwent external validation by additional clinicians, patients and a survey scientist with expertise in patient engagement. Details about the survey's development are available elsewhere5 and the full survey is available upon request.

In the survey, we defined ‘open notes’ as ‘the notes written by your healthcare provider(s) about your healthcare visits that you can read online’ and distinguished notes from the patient portal itself by including a screenshot of the ‘Notes’ tab. We asked respondents how many visit notes they had read in the past 12 months. We queried those who reported ‘none’ about why they did not read any notes, with a list of potential barriers derived from previously published surveys.2

Importance of note-reading for patient engagement

We evaluated the perceived importance of reading notes for four patient engagement behaviours in items using a 0-10 Likert scale, where 9-10 was defined as ‘extremely important’ as in prior published studies.16

Relational items

Questions about the influence of reading notes on the patient-provider relationship focused on trust, teamwork, goal alignment and activation, and used ‘less/no change/more’ response options (ie ‘I trust my provider less/No change/I trust my provider more’).

Patient safety and quality

Safety behaviour items focused on understanding and completing tests and referrals, which are common challenges in the ambulatory setting.17,18 First we asked participants if they had tests, referrals, or medication prescriptions in the prior year. Then we asked if they had a note addressing these issues. The survey was designed with skip logic so that only participants who had notes discussing these issues received questions about the impact of reading notes on each respective topic; for example, ‘By reading your notes, were you more likely to check your tests results?’ These questions had categorical responses (not at all/a little bit/quite a bit/very much). This survey strategy allowed us to evaluate actual experiences of reading notes rather than theoretical responses.

We asked all respondents about reporting attitudes such as ‘Reporting mistakes improves patient safety,’ using categorical answers (disagree/somewhat disagree/somewhat agree/agree/don't know). We asked respondents who had read at least one note if they ever found an error in their notes and if so, how serious the error was (not at all/somewhat/very serious). We defined a ‘serious mistake’ as ‘a problem that could have immediate effects on your care’. We combined participant responses of ‘somewhat serious’ and ‘very serious’ together, and refer to these as ‘serious’ errors from this point forward. We asked those who reported a serious error whether they contacted their provider's office about the error. If they did not, we asked why they would hesitate to speak up about the mistake, offering multiple options from a list of barriers derived from the literature.19,20

Because we anticipated that a substantial proportion of respondents would not report having found an error in their notes in the past,21 we also asked how comfortable they would feel reporting a serious mistake if they found one in the future. Respondents who reported feeling less comfortable speaking up (≤7 on a 0-10 Likert scale) were asked why they would hesitate to speak up and could choose multiple options from a list of barriers derived from the literature, as previously described.

Analysis

We used descriptive statistics for sociodemographic characteristics and to report proportions of respondents in each group who identified a documentation error, and who contacted their provider about it. We used chi-squared analysis to examine the relationship between speaking up about the perceived error and record usage, defined as number of notes read by all patients in the study population. We calculated odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the difference between AYA and adult responses related to 15 outcomes in three key domains of interest: importance of notes to engage in care (five items); relational effects of note-reading (four items); and safety behaviours related to note-reading (six items). Because we anticipated that the overall number of AYA identifying a serious mistake would be small (based on the literature and the population size), we did not apply statistical testing to compare results to adults and instead report experiences with note accuracy and reporting errors descriptively.21,22

Ethics

This study was approved by each hospital's institutional review board: BIDMC 2016P000045 and BCH IRB-P0002184.

Results

General characteristics

In total, 6,913 of 24,722 (28%) sampled account holders at the adult hospital and 3,672 of 21,579 (17%) account holders at the paediatric hospital completed the survey. Among the paediatric hospital respondents, 3,339 were parents or guardians of paediatric patients and 333 were self-account holders. Parents/guardians were excluded from our analysis. In total, 7,246 patients were included in this study (Fig 1); 332 participants from both sites were AYA (13-25 years old) and 6,914 respondents were adults (>25 years old).

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Table 1 shows demographic characteristics of the participants. The mean age of AYA was 22+/−2.7, while the mean age of the adult group was 56+/−14. The majority of respondents were white (78% AYA, 89% adults) and non-Hispanic (92%; 97%). While most respondents rated their health as very good or excellent, 13% of AYA and 12% of adults reported their health as fair or poor. Roughly one-third of both groups reported ≥6 healthcare visits during the prior year (32% AYA, 40% adults).

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Demographic characteristics of participants

Note reading behaviour and importance of notes to engage in care

The majority of participants in both groups read notes, with 88% of AYA and 95% of adults reporting they read at least one note the past year (Table 1). Among those who did not read at least one note, the most common reasons were similar between groups: ‘[I] forgot my notes are available’ (45% AYA; 43% adults), ‘difficulties using portal’ (10%; 8%), and ‘too busy’ (10%; 8%). AYA were as likely as adults to agree that reading notes was ‘extremely important’ to feel informed (61% AYA, 63% adults), understand their provider's thinking (54%; 60%), remember the plan of care (42%; 44%), and make decisions about their care (40%; 44%). All OR and 95% CIs comparing note importance between groups showed no significant difference, demonstrating similar benefits reported between the 2 groups (Table 2).

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Participant perceptions about the importance of notes to engage in care

Relational effects

About half of AYA felt that reading notes improved their trust, teamwork, activation and goal alignment with their provider (Table 3). Roughly half of patients across all ages reported no change in the relationship with their provider after reading notes. Very few participants in either group reported negative relational effects from reading notes. Comparison of respondent groups showed no significant differences for each relational item (Table 3).

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Effect of reading notes on patient-provider relationship

Patient safety

Safety knowledge and behaviours

AYA and adults reported that reading notes helped them with safety and quality-related behaviours involving tests, referrals and medication adherence (Table 4). A majority in each group reported that reading notes helped them quite a bit or very much to understand why their providers ordered tests (70% AYA; 74% adults), check test results (76%; 79%), understand test results (74%; 74%), and understand the rationale for their referrals (77%; 75%). Similar proportions of AYA as adults reported that reading notes helped them quite a bit or very much to remember to: get their tests done (39% AYA; 45% adults), go to referral appointments (51%; 54%), and take medications as prescribed (36%; 36%). OR and 95% CI comparisons between groups demonstrated no significant differences in patient-reported benefits in any of the items (Table 4).

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Effect of reading notes on safety knowledge and behaviours

Attitudes about patient safety and error reporting

Nearly all respondents felt it was important to identify and speak up about errors. Safety attitudes between AYA and adults were strikingly similar, including agreeing with the following statements: reporting mistakes improves patient safety (99% AYA; 98% adults); patients can play a role in preventing mistakes in their care by paying attention to what is in the medical record (97%; 98%); and providers want to know about mistakes patients find in their medical records (88%; 89%).

Twenty-five to 30% of all participants reported a possible mistake in their notes; 10% of AYA and 18% of adults reported finding a mistake in their notes; an additional 15% of AYA and 12% of adults were not sure. Among those who identified an error, about 40% (39% AYA; 44% adults) reported that the most important mistake they found was serious. Overall, about half of all respondents contacted their doctor about the perceived serious error: AYA were somewhat less likely to speak up about the mistake than adults (43% versus 58%). The two most common reasons cited by AYA were, ‘Nothing would be done about it’ (100%) and ‘I don't want to be thought of as “difficult” or a “troublemaker”’ (100%). The most common reason adults selected was, ‘I didn't know I could report a mistake’ (59%). Although respondents who read more notes trended toward more likely contacting their provider's office about the mistake, the difference was not significant (p = 0.19).

AYA were also less likely to report that they would feel very comfortable reporting a serious mistake if they found one in the future compared to adults (65% versus 79%). The most common barrier to notifying the provider about a hypothetical (future) serious mistake was not knowing they could report a mistake (72% AYA; 52% adults). For adults, the three next most common barriers were not wanting to be thought of as ‘difficult’ or a ‘troublemaker’ (34%), feeling unsure that the mistake is important (24%), and concern that their provider is too busy (23%). In contrast, AYA were more concerned about not wanting to be thought of as ‘difficult’ or a ‘troublemaker’ (47%), worrying that they will annoy their provider (28%), and not knowing whom to call or talk to (25%).

In both groups, participants reported that if they found an error in their notes, they would prefer to call the provider who wrote the note (56% AYA; 55% adults) or submit a request for a correction online (54%; 54%). A significant portion also preferred to talk to their provider about it at the next visit (37%; 31%). AYA were somewhat more likely to want to speak to someone other than the provider (24% versus 9%) or call the nurse in the office (24% versus 18%).

Discussion

Adolescents and young adults are a unique population that grew up immersed in an ‘always connected’ world. As regulations expand their access to health data, a better understanding of how young adults interact with open notes can help safety leaders learn to partner with them in their care. Although patient portals may be more ‘clunky’ than the typical technologies that AYA engage with, our study of over 7,000 patients showed that the majority of AYA and adults read notes. In addition, AYA were as likely as adults to report that reading notes is extremely important for feeling engaged in their care, that it improved their relationship with their provider, and helped them remember key safety behaviours related to tests, referrals, and medication adherence, with no significant differences between groups in 15/15 outcomes within these three study domains of interest. These findings suggest that AYA are just as likely to benefit from note-reading as adults and that they should be encouraged by their providers to access notes and read them as a patient safety and engagement strategy.

About half of AYA respondents reported that reading notes improved their relationship with their provider and increased trust, consistent with a prior study on the effects of reading notes (with the majority of the remainder reporting no change).7 This finding is especially important in a population that regularly uses the internet to search for health topics and looks to providers to validate information.11,23,24 In one survey,25 only 25% were satisfied with the information they found online. Sharing notes can help AYA find reliable information about their health conditions provided by their own clinicians.

Prior studies have shown that young adults are less likely than adults to review appointments and laboratory tests26 and that young adults struggle with understanding their medications.11 Our findings suggest that reading notes may help overcome these barriers. Strikingly, 75% of AYA and adults reported that reading their notes helped them understand why their provider ordered tests and referrals, and also helped them remember to look up and understand the results of their tests. Over one-third AYA reported that note-reading helped them with medication adherence, a notable finding during this pivotal time of shifting healthcare responsibility from parents of paediatric patients to young adults.

The overwhelming majority of respondents in both groups agreed that reporting mistakes improves safety outcomes, but AYA were somewhat less likely to report a serious mistake they found in their notes, or to feel very comfortable speaking up about a hypothetical serious mistake in their notes in the future. Both age groups reported not knowing that they could report a mistake as a key barrier, underscoring the importance of encouraging patients to speak up about potential errors they find in their notes and providing clear instructions for how to do so. AYA were more likely to worry about being a ‘troublemaker’ or annoying their provider which may reflect concerns related to ‘newer’ relationships with providers, or generational differences regarding conflict avoidance. AYA may feel more uncertain about communicating with their providers26 and may benefit from additional encouragement to speak up. AYA may also need guidance and education about how to identify errors and what is important to report.

There are several limitations to this study. The response rate was low, although not dissimilar from published online surveys.27,28 A relatively small proportion of participants were 25 years of age or younger. Although the majority of respondents rated their health as very good or excellent, about one-third of both age groups reported multiple visits in the prior year, suggesting our study captured a population with chronic illnesses who see their providers regularly. These AYA may be more likely to hold portal accounts, may be more likely to read notes, and may not have the same attitudes and preferences as the average healthy young patient. Our results also reflect findings from prior studies that the majority of AYA portal users are white and those who have had multiple provider visits.12,29 Further research into how other populations interact with the portal and use notes is needed.

Conclusion

Today's adolescents and young adults have grown up immersed in technology, but their interest in and benefit from reading their care notes online is not well understood. In our study, the majority of AYA read notes and rated them as extremely important for several engagement and safety behaviours. Although a similar proportion of AYA reported definite or possible errors in their notes as adults, fewer spoke up about them, citing knowledge and cultural barriers like fear of conflict. Taken together, these findings support initiatives that encourage AYA to read notes and share concerns. Efforts that include note-reading may help transition patients from paediatric to adult care with greater autonomy, activation and safety partnership.

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