Physician's Perspective & Influence on Patient Education Resources in the Waiting Room

data obtained. Early results indicate physicians with the ability to select the materials for the waiting room have greater satisfaction with the waiting room (r=.278, p=.05), spend more time in the waiting room (r=.50, p<.001) and report that more patients ask about educational items that are presented in the waiting room (r=.38, p=.006). It was also found that male physicians were more likely to endorse a “relaxed” waiting room (F(2, 48)=.4223, p=.045) and endorsed a greater ability to select the materials in the waiting room when compared to females (F(2, 48)=6.960, p=.011). Also of note, these materials are viewed as less beneficial in practices with higher proportions of Hispanic patients (r=-.51, p<.001), younger children/adults (age 0-21) (r=-57, p<.001), and practices that accept higher rates of Medicare (r-.34, p=.021).