Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture 2012

Chart 5-4. Item-Level Average Ratings on Information Exchange With Other Settings Across All 2012 Database Medical Offices (Text Description)

Over the past 12 months, how often has your medical office had problems exchanging accurate, complete, and timely information with:

Item	Survey Question	No problems in the past 12 months	Problems once or twice in the past 12 months	Problems several times in the past 12 months	Problems monthly	Problems weekly	Problems daily
B1.	Outside labs/imaging centers?	27%	30%	20%	12%	8%	3%
B1.	Outside labs/imaging centers?	77% Positive			12%	8%	3%
B2.	Other medical office/Outside physicians?	25%	31%	21%	13%	8%	2%
B2.	Other medical office/Outside physicians?	77% Positive			13%	8%	2%
B3.	Pharmacies?	32%	26%	17%	10%	10%	5%
B3.	Pharmacies?	75% Positive			10%	10%	5%
B4.	Hospitals?	34%	30%	17%	10%	6%	2%
B4.	Hospitals?	81% Positive			10%	6%	2%
B5.	Other? (Specify)	55%	14%	10%	7%	8%	6%
B5.	Other? (Specify)	79% Positive			7%	8%	6%

Note: (1) Percentages indicate average percent response for each item response category across the 2012 database medical offices, (2) the percent positive displayed may not equal the sum of the response option percentages due to rounding, and (3) all six percentages may not add to 100 percent due to rounding.

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Page originally created September 2012

Internet Citation: Chart 5-4. Item-Level Average Ratings on Information Exchange With Other Settings Across All 2012 Database Medical Offices (Text Description). Content last reviewed October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/medical-office/2012/mo12ch4txt.html