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Focus group and interview transcripts were coded and analyzed following standard qualitative methods.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results: Core themes included the use and purpose of the AVS, content modification and prioritization, formatting improvements, customization, privacy and accuracy concerns, and clinician workflow concerns. While most patients valued the document as a visit summary, others considered it a general summary of their health and health care issues, useful for sharing with family or clinicians even if they had access to their health records via web portals. Patients expressed a preference for the order of content items, and many wanted the reasons for medications and referrals stated. Additionally, some patients were confused by multiple medication lists indicating started, stopped, and modified medications, and a single \u201ccurrent\u201d medication list was preferred by both patients and doctors. Concerns were raised about the risk of violating patient privacy and challenges to clinician workflow.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Discussion: The AVS is valued by patients and clinicians. Both groups have identified numerous ways it can be improved, but also several obstacles to improvement and effective use.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Conclusion: EHR vendors should work with stakeholder groups to improve the AVS to ensure that this important communication device achieves its patient-centered potential.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/jamia\/ocw106","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,8,8]],"date-time":"2016-08-08T00:08:11Z","timestamp":1470614891000},"page":"e61-e68","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["Patient and clinician perspectives on the outpatient after-visit summary: a qualitative study to inform improvements in visit summary design"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Alex D","family":"Federman","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New 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