In this webinar you’ll learn about a new initiative by OpenNotes and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health aiming to fix repair the gaps in health information technology for older adults. You will get a status update on a multi-site demonstration project serving a high proportion of older adults in Portland, OR, Rochester, NY, and Salt Lake City, UT. And, you will learn from a patient and physician/family care partner as they describe their lived experiences navigating proxy access.
News from OpenNotes
AMA STEPS Forward Podcast: Sharing Clinical Notes with Patients
Tom Delbanco, MD, and Catherine DesRoches, DrPH, Co-Founder and Executive Director respectively of OpenNotes, discuss common concerns and best practices when sharing clinical notes with patients.
OpenNotes recognized as an Interoperability Hero by DirectTrust
DirectTrust— a nonprofit devoted to advancing interoperabilty in healthcare—has named OpenNotes as an Interoperability Hero for their work to foster and evaluate the spread and implementation of shared clinical notes (“open notes”), and advance healthcare transparency initiatives in the U.S. and overseas.
OurNotes: What happens when patients are invited to co-generate notes with their clinicians?
Patients having access to their visit notes is a big step in the right direction, but can co-generating notes – OurNotes — go even further in creating better transparency and collaboration between patients and clinicians?
9 Must-Read Publications: Open Notes and Ethical Challenges
At OpenNotes we study the ethical implications of sharing, or hiding, clinical notes. Our goal is to empower patients and clinicians by exploring how clinicians can optimize note sharing.
The Open Patient: Five Years Later
In 2016, RedHat Films released a short film, The Open Patient, as a part of their OpenSourceStories series. The film explores what greater transparency could mean for patients and clinicians navigating . . .
OpenNotes and Ciitizen launch online resource to help patients better understand how to access their medical records
OpenNotes, in collaboration with our friends at Ciitizen, partnered to create an online resource in response to a new federal regulation that now requires healthcare providers to give patients access to key parts of their electronic medical records.
Study: Older patients with chronic conditions benefit from reading medical appointment notes
Findings suggest new U.S law requiring open notes could help older adults follow care plans, take medications as prescribed and plan for office visits.
Twelve Wide-Ranging Publications Addressing Research, Best Practices, and the Future of Open Notes
Many clinicians around the U.S. have questions about open notes. Here are the 12 essential publications to help health professionals gain deeper understanding of this new practice… and its effects.
Grant: Engaging Family Caregivers through Shared Access to the Electronic Health Record
This project implements a demonstration in three health systems to increase the uptake and use of shared electronic health record access by family caregivers of older adults, evaluate its effects, and disseminate best practices to promote national adoption.
