This month we welcomed another health system, bringing us to 195 health systems sharing notes across the U.S. We’re excited to welcome Asante to the OpenNotes team. Asante is a local, community-owned and governed, not-for-profit organization that provides medical care to nearly 600,000 people in a nine-county area of Southern Oregon and Northern California. It…
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Spotlight on Homer Chin: A Pioneer in Health Care Technology
We sat down with Homer Chin, MD, MS, an electronic health record (EHR) expert at OpenNotes. He is an affiliate professor in the Department of Medical Informatics and Outcomes Research at the Oregon Health and Science University and a member of the board of OCHIN, a not-for-profit organization that provides information and management services to…
New Funding Source for OpenNotes in New York State Aims to Empower Health Care Consumers
OpenNotes’ Tom Delbanco and Deb Wachenheim were on hand when the New York State Health Foundation (NYSHealth) announced a new funding opportunity for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and other non-hospital health care settings in their state who want to spread OpenNotes adoption. The funding supports an effort to empower health care consumers by sharing…
Trend Report: Patients as “Consumers”
Here are a few stories about patients as “consumers” that have piqued our interest: Study: Health Researchers Find Major Gaps in How Consumer-Facing Data Is Being Used In the March issue of Health Affairs, researchers find major gaps between the ideal of consumer-facing health data availability and its actual use. They urge providers to help…
A Note From the Director: March 2019
2019 has begun with increasing national interest in the benefits of transparency and patients’ access to their information in health care. Government agencies are focusing on several landmark pieces of health care legislation, including HIPAA and the 21st Century Cures Act. They are asking for input from the public, while the private sector continues to…
Open Dialogue on Mental Health with Stephen F. O’Neill, BCD, JD
We sat down with Steve O’Neill, Social Work Manager for Psychiatry, Primary Care, Pain Management and Infectious Disease, as well as Associate Director of the Ethics Support Service at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). Steve is also a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Social Medicine and a Faculty Associate in the Center for…
Four New Health Systems Now Sharing Notes
We’re excited to welcome four new health systems to the OpenNotes movement: Bronson Healthcare is a not-for-profit, community-governed health system serving nine counties in southwest and south central Michigan. With 9,000 employees, nearly 1,400 medical staff members, and 836 licensed beds, Bronson is the largest employer and leading healthcare system in southwest Michigan. It offers…
SXSW Conference: Engage with OpenNotes at SXSW
SXSW is one of the best-known annual conferences in the US focusing on trends in technology, music and film. OpenNotes is proud to present at the conference on March 9th.
Trend Report: Improving Health Data Sharing for Patients and Clinicians
Here are a few pieces about improving health data sharing for patients and clinicians that have piqued our interest recently: The Limits of Health Data Aggregation: Why our health records…
A Note From the Director: February 2019
As we begin 2019, we are glad to report that more than 36 million Americans can access their visit notes through patient portals. But that’s only 10% of the U.S. population. It does look as if “rules” that are emerging from the bipartisan 21st Century Cures Act passed two years ago will help stimulate further…
