Improving patient-centered care: agenda-setting in occupational medicine.

Objective: To improve patient satisfaction with care at an occupational medicine clinic by promoting agenda-setting before the visit.

Methods: We distributed agenda-setting form to 77 randomly selected patients attending an occupational health clinic and used another randomly selected sample of 36 patients as control group. Patients completed a survey regarding the acceptability of this procedure and whether they felt clinicians addressed their important concerns.

The diagnostic yield of the first episode of a periodic health evaluation: a descriptive epidemiology study.

Background: The benefits of a periodic health evaluation remain debatable. The incremental value added by such evaluations beyond the delivery of age appropriate screening and preventive medicine recommendations is unclear.

Methods: We retrospectively collected data on a cohort of consecutive patients presenting for their first episode of a comprehensive periodic health evaluation.