If you’ve ever wondered what your doc is scribbling in your file or entering into a computer during your medical appointment, you’re not alone. More than 90 percent of us want to see our doctors’ notes. In fact, millions of American health-care consumers now do. Seems there’s been a little revolution brewing. The big news? The revolution is making consumers healthier.
The success of a groundbreaking new open medical-records program has both of us cheering. The program gave over 13,500 patients in three big health systems — Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania and Harbor View Medical in Seattle — access to their doctors’ notes for one year. The patients couldn’t wait to read their charts; up to 92 percent checked ’em at least once.
Read the full article by Mehmet Oz, M.D. and Mike Roizen, M.D. here.
