“Ms. B Changes Doctors”: Using a Comic and Patient Transition Packet to Engineer Patient-Oriented Clinic Handoffs (EPOCH)
Journal of General Internal MedicinePublished 4 September 2014Open access
Amber T. Pincavage, Wei Wei Lee, Laura Ruth Venable, Megan Prochaska, Daina D. Staisiunas, Kimberly J. Beiting
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A patient-centered transition packet helped prepare patients for clinic handoffs and a comic was associated with increased packet recall and improved follow-up rates.
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A patient-centered transition packet helped prepare patients for clinic handoffs. The comic was associated with increased packet recall and improved follow-up rates.
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