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.
By Steve Downs As Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) begins its institutional rollout of OpenNotes, it’s becoming clear that we’ve moved into a new phase of the diffusion of this innovation. I’ve been in discussions with Tom Delbanco and Jan Walker about the idea of opening up physician notes to patients since 2008, when it…
BOSTON – Online access to the notes doctors, nurses and other clinicians write is now available for all primary care, orthopedics and rehabilitation services patients at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The medical center plans to have outpatient notes from all specialties available by the end of 2013 (with a majority of departments and divisions…
By Jan Walker RN, MBA, Suzanne Leveille RN, PhD, and Melissa Anselmo, MPH If we truly want patients to engage with clinicians about their health and care, we need to provide them with full and easy access to records that traditionally have been off limits. OpenNotes is a national movement that encourages clinicians—including nurses—to invite patients…
Nearly a year ago I embarked on an adventure that has been changing how I practice medicine. It is also changing how medicine feels. It began quite innocently. During an office visit to discuss a new diagnosis of a serious and chronic illness, we talked about problems inherent in the need to involve several physicians…
by Michael Coren, MESc Patients, in theory, can access their own medical records. Yet a thicket of fees, institutional fear, and bureaucracy still stand between most patients and their medical charts. But a new project called OpenNotes suggests there is much to gain and little to fear by sharing medical records with patients as part of treatment. A…
By Jessica Greene, PhD, Judith H. Hibbard, PhD, Rebecca Sacks, and Valerie Overton, CNP, RN Patients who have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to manage their health and health care report better health care experiences than patients with lower levels of “activation” who see the same clinicians. Findings from this Commonwealth Fund–supported study suggest that care…
By Lygeia Ricciardi, EdM Giving patients (or, more broadly, consumers), easy electronic access to their own health information is a key step in empowering individuals to be more engaged partners in their health and their healthcare, including: coordinating care among multiple providers, making sure medical records are accurate and complete, and using apps and tools…
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has joined the Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) Foundation’s ‘OpenNotes’ initiative as a partner along with other healthcare provider organizations – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harborview Medical Center, Geisinger Health System, MD Anderson Cancer Center . These organizations are all fully committed to giving patients online access to clinical notes.…
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