For many of us, hospitals evoke a persistent buzz of low-key anxiety. The long hallways often smell faintly of antiseptic and worry. Is there a role that doctors could play to help patients and their families better understand their care and perhaps alleviate some of that worry? An interdisciplinary study by the University of Minnesota…
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University Of Missouri Health Care: MU Health Care Puts Patients First With Access To Online Physician Notes
COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri Health Care providers have long believed that an informed patient plays a vital role in the delivery of health care. To encourage patients to be more involved in their care, MU physicians have worked with the Tiger Institute for Health Innovation to give patients access to their notes at…
BIDMC Receives Commonwealth Fund Grant to Develop OurNotes
BOSTON – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has received a $450,000 grant from The Commonwealth Fund to develop OurNotes, an initiative to promote active patient engagement in health and illness that invites patients to contribute to their own electronic medical records. “We know that increasing patient engagement is a critical component of improving health…
GroupHealth: OpenNotes opens doors for patient engagement
On November 4, Group Health launched OpenNotes at its 25 medical centers—giving all patients who use MyGroupHealth ready access to the notes their providers write after an in-person visit. The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) already grants patients the right to review their entire medical record—including providers’ notes. But with OpenNotes, the…
Columbia St Mary’s Now Sharing Visit Notes with Patients
MILWAUKEE, WI – When a patient is sick, tired or stressed during a doctor’s visit, they may forget what the doctor said or prescribed. Columbia St. Mary’s is addressing this issue by strengthening the patient-doctor partnership and giving their more than 300,000 patients secure online access to doctor’s notes after a visit. Called “OpenNotes,” the…
BIDMC Expands Online Access to Clinician Notes
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…
VA Introduces New and Enhanced Features for VA Blue Button
Veterans can now also access VA OpenNotes, which ‘opens’ clinical notes, allowing Veterans to read their health care team’s notes from appointments and hospital stays. VA OpenNotes provides Veterans the ability to read and discuss notes with their health care teams, family and caregivers, offering them greater control over their health care. Read the press…
