As the OpenNotes movement continues to grow, a broad variety of journalists, patients and health care professionals are taking note. Even better, they’re sharing the facts, data, opinions and experiences of those sharing medical notes. See what the buzz is all about.
Perched on an exam table at the doctor’s office watching the clinician type details about their medical problems into their file, what patient hasn’t wondered exactly what the doctor is writing? As many as 50 million patients may have a chance to find out in the next few years, following the announcement this week of…
“It’s like being able to hit the replay button on your visit with the doctor,” [McCarthy] said. “It’s a living example of a way to make the patient is a partner into their care. If they’re a partner, they should be all the way in, we should be working from the same medical record, looking at…
We asked three CMOs and chief quality officers from hospitals and health systems across the nation for a favor: Define the “biggest win” for patients in 2015, in their organization or the industry as a whole. The following are their responses, lightly edited for clarity and length. […] Ken Sands, MD, Senior Vice President and…
A pilot project testing the effectiveness of the Open Notes program found it had a positive effect on medication adherence. According to a two-year study conducted by Geisinger Health System, the Open Notes program increased medication adherence in 5 percent of those who used it. “Providing patients access to their doctors’ notes and reminding them…
Watch Eric J. Topol, MD; Cheryl Pegus, MD, MPH; Maurie Markman, MD, MS; Gregory R. Weidner, MD and Michael W. Smith, MD, MBA, CPT at Medscape’s Medicine 3.0: Precision Medicine and Patient Engagement. The event was held in September in New York City. During this portion of the town hall-style discussion, attendees asked questions of the expert…
The OpenNotes project, now with more than 5 million participants, has proven highly successful in engaging and satisfying patients. Based on early research presented Monday at the American Medical Informatics Association annual symposium in San Francisco, providing patients with full access to their medical records seems to work pretty well in inpatient environments, too. And, as with…
When I first started covering health IT three years ago, one of the things that interested me most was the OpenNotes movement, originally a 12-month pilot initiative which brought together 105 primary care doctors across three leading healthcare organizations—and more than 19,000 of their patients—to evaluate the impact on both patients and physicians of sharing…
Ever wondered what’s in your medical record? If you have access to OpenNotes, you won’t have to wonder anymore One of my favorite Seinfeld episodes is the one where Elaine sneaked a peek at her medical record after the nurse left the exam room. Reading it, she discovered that her doctor described her as a difficult patient (because she didn’t…
