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OpenNotes has partnered with Bare Tree Media to create a set of custom animated GIFs and iMessage stickers as part of a consumer outreach campaign. The images were designed for use by patients, healthcare professionals, and other OpenNotes supporters. “Over the last year, we have witnessed an increasing number of patient advocates and healthcare professionals…

Liz Salmi, Senior Strategist Outreach and Communications,  recently spoke about OpenNotes at the Beryl Institute in Southlake, TX. The Beryl Institute is the global community of practice dedicated to improving the patient experience through collaboration and shared knowledge. It produces a series of informational interviews for their Learning Bites Library. This video features Liz talking about…

OpenNotes Proposes HHS Create a ‘National Transparency Advisory Group’ Healthcare Innovation In its response to a proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, OpenNotes has recommended that HHS establish a “National Transparency Advisory Group” charged with advising HHS and monitoring the nation’s progress toward a fully transparent health care system. Cait…

Earlier this month, Charlotte Blease, PhD, a research fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Sigall Bell, MD,  an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of Patient Safety and Discovery at OpenNotes, published a new article on the role that patients’ access to visit notes might play in improving diagnostic…

We sat down with Amy Fellows, MPH, a Vulnerable Populations and Vendor Strategist at OpenNotes. Amy is also the Executive Director of We Can Do Better, a Portland, Oregon-based nonprofit with the mission to create opportunities for nonpartisan civic education and engagement, bringing people together who share the values of better health care and health…

We’re excited to welcome four new health systems to the OpenNotes movement: Holland Bloorview is a pediatric rehabilitation hospital in Toronto, Canada. We serve children and youth with disabilities and complex conditions through a number of inpatient and outpatient services. We have had our connect2care consumer health portal since late 2014 and share many clinical…

The annual South by Southwest (SXSW) conference and festival held in Austin, TX, brings together industry leaders, up-and-comers, celebrities, and everyday people to share big ideas, enjoy great music, watch film debuts, and learn about cutting-edge technology. This year, for the first time, OpenNotes was on the scene in early March to sway opinions and…

In February 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a new rule to support seamless and secure access, exchange, and use of electronic health information. The proposed rule places a strong focus on patients’ ability to access their health information and proposes that clinical notes be included in an expanded set…

  On March 4, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services proposed a new rule to support the improved exchange and use of electronic health information. The proposed rule places a strong focus on patients’ ability to access their health information and proposes that clinical notes be included in an expanded set of…