The Perceived Usefulness of Patient Narrative Feedback in Primary Care Settings

Research suggests that insights from patient narratives – stories about care experiences in patients’ own words – contain information that can be used to improve care. However, assessments of narratives reported by clinical personnel have been mixed.
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