Race and Ethnicity and Clinician Linguistic Expressions of Doubt in Hospital Admission Notes
In this study, language casting doubt on patient clinical history was more likely to be found in notes of non-Hispanic Black patients. These results suggest that with the implementation of policies allowing patients full access to their health records, examining clinical documentation standards may be associated with improved patient experience.
Authors
- Graciela Gonzalez‐Hernandez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6416-9556)
- Courtney R. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6704-5831)
- Jaya Aysola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8474-3682)
- Gary E. Weissman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9588-3819)
- Davy Weissenbacher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8331-3675)
- Ari Z Klein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8281-3464)
- Xinwei Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0649-7284)
- Eden Addisu
Institutions
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (US)
- Penn Center for AIDS Research (US)
- University of Pennsylvania Health System (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2024-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.38550
- Citations
- 13
- Primary Topic
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 11.04