ORLANDO — The OpenNotes program that encourages providers to share their visit notes with patients is continuing to pick up steam, Homer Chin, MD, said here at the annual meeting of the
OpenNotes in the Media
Do You Have Access to Your Doctors Notes About You?
U.S. News Health – If you’re like most patients in the U.S., you haven’t a clue what your doctor writes about you in your health record. Despite a move toward more transparency in medicine
#OpenNotes mashup! 20th birthday of Seinfeld’s “Elaine’s a difficult patient” :)
“It was twenty years ago today / Sgt Pepper taught the band to play” … well, today’s the 20th birthday of Seinfeld episode #139, October 17, 1996. This was the famous segment where Elaine looked in her chart and found she’d been marked “Difficult.”
Should Patients Read their Progress Notes?
Proto Magazine – A nationwide program advocates that patients should have seamless access to their doctors’ notes. But not everyone thinks this is a good idea.
Patients once had to file a subpoena to see their own medical records. Even today, the logistics for patients to
Open Notes: Building Transparency, Trust, and Better Health Outcomes
In this Health Literacy Out loud podcast, Helen Osborne talks with Dr. Susan Woods, Director of Patient Experience for the Connected Care Office at the Veterans Health Administration about: Open Notes, a way for patients to electronically and securely access their own clinical notes thought a patient portal. How Open Notes benefit patients and providers
STAT News – HIPAA turns 20: It opened the door to better doctor-patient communication
By JANICE D. WALKER, CATHERINE L. ANNAS, and TOM DELBANCO Twenty years ago Sunday, President Bill Clinton signed legislation that profoundly changed health care
AthenaInsight: Getting patients involved by sharing the screen
Eileen Hughes has a long list of ailments that include Type 1 diabetes and a rare autoimmune disorder that has sent her to five different specialists. But she feels confident about
Medical Economics: Patient record transparency and the impact on physicians
Many physicians are not comfortable sharing their progress notes with patients, concerned that they will take offense, be confused and add to the practice workload by calling or emailing with questions. But under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), physicians must share their notes with patients who ask. Some physicians have embraced this…
HIT Leaders & News: Accessing medical information online via patient portals
Linda Johnson was 3,000 miles away from her Seattle home visiting her daughter in Baltimore when she had a medical emergency. Fortunately, Linda, like many of our patients at Harborview Medical Center, has secure online access to her complete medical record, and in this critical moment, she was able to share that access with her daughter.…
The Open Patient Documentary
OpenNotes is honored to be featured in The Open Patient: Healing through sharing, a film that explores the opportunities that can arise when patients have ready access to their own healthcare data. The Open Patient film premiered at the 2016 Red Hat Summit as part of the Red Hat Films Open Source Stories, a series…
