TY - JOUR
T1 - In-depth interviews of non-hepatologists and the achievements made after introducing a “patient referral document for hepatitis” in our hospital
AU - Inoue, Takako
AU - Korenaga, Masaaki
AU - Inoue, Jun
AU - Honda, Koichi
AU - Kondo, Yasuteru
AU - Matono, Tomomitsu
AU - Enomoto, Masaru
AU - Matsunami, Kayoko
AU - Iio, Etsuko
AU - Matsuura, Kentaro
AU - Fujiwara, Kei
AU - Nojiri, Shunsuke
AU - Tanaka, Yasuhito
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Japan Society of Hepatology.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - In 2017, we interviewed 23 non-hepatologists regarding chronic hepatitis B (CHB) using in-depth interviews. The rate of introducing patients to hepatologists was significantly higher among physicians (13/17, 76%) than that among surgeons (1/6, 17%, p = 0.036). Most non-hepatologists considered that the main reasons they did not introduce patients with CHB to hepatologists were a lack of time for preparing patient referral documents and ignorance regarding how introduce patients. They also highlighted that to improve the introduction rate, simplifying the patient referral document and creating an easy medical reservation system are required. Based on this research, in August 2017 we introduced the “patient referral document for hepatitis” in our hospital. Since then, the number of patients being introduced has increased by 1.6 times compared with the previous year. Based on the additional data, the construction of a more effective introduction system is recommended.
AB - In 2017, we interviewed 23 non-hepatologists regarding chronic hepatitis B (CHB) using in-depth interviews. The rate of introducing patients to hepatologists was significantly higher among physicians (13/17, 76%) than that among surgeons (1/6, 17%, p = 0.036). Most non-hepatologists considered that the main reasons they did not introduce patients with CHB to hepatologists were a lack of time for preparing patient referral documents and ignorance regarding how introduce patients. They also highlighted that to improve the introduction rate, simplifying the patient referral document and creating an easy medical reservation system are required. Based on this research, in August 2017 we introduced the “patient referral document for hepatitis” in our hospital. Since then, the number of patients being introduced has increased by 1.6 times compared with the previous year. Based on the additional data, the construction of a more effective introduction system is recommended.
KW - Chronic hepatitis B
KW - In-depth interviews
KW - Non-hepatologists
KW - Patient referral document
KW - Patient referral system
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U2 - 10.2957/kanzo.60.219
DO - 10.2957/kanzo.60.219
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85069868563
VL - 60
SP - 219
EP - 228
JO - Acta Hepatologica Japonica
JF - Acta Hepatologica Japonica
SN - 0451-4203
IS - 7
ER -