Patient Preference for Biopsy Notification

Completed

Conditions studied: Elevated Risk for Melanoma

In brief

Effective communication between physician and patient is fundamental to effective care. The recent introduction of electronic patient on-line portals has the potential to change the communication landscape. The investigators surveyed patients to assess their preferred modality for biopsy notification at 3 institutions with differing patient access to on-line portals, to ascertain what patient preferences are currently and if it has changed from historical preferences. Our hypothesis is that as patients become more familiar with ln-line portals, their preferences will likely reflect familiarity with this modality.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02213471

Run by

Maria Wei

People needed

301

Starts

2012-07-01

Expected to finish

2013-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-08-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients who were 18 years of age or older and English speaking were eligible to participate

You may not qualify if…

• Younger than 18, non-English speaking.

Where it is running

• University of California — San Francisco, California, United States

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