Patients overwhelmingly report understanding their visit notes and usually find them accurate, with few disparities according to sociodemographic or health characteristics. They have many suggestions for improving their quality, and if they understand a note poorly or find inaccuracies, they often have less confidence in their clinicians.
Klein, Jared
Who Reads Their Doctor’s Notes? Examining the Association between Preconceptions and Accessing Online Clinical Notes
Patients who use online portals to review their clinicians’ notes may become more actively involved in their healthcare, but the healthcare industry knows little about factors that may facilitate or inhibit patients’ use of this new practice.
Perceptions of Primary Care Notes by Patients With Mental Health Diagnoses
There are concerns regarding whether patients with mental illness should be provided with access to their electronic medical records. This study compared perceptions of patients with (n = 400) and without (n = 2,134) a mental health diagnosis regarding access to primary care clinic notes through secure online portals. Eligible participants viewed at least 1 clinic note during a 12-month period. Administrative data were used to stratify patients by mental health diagnosis. As we hypothesized, patients with and without mental health diagnoses had similar perceptions about online access to notes.
OpenNotes In Teaching Clinics: A Multi-Site Survey of Residents To Identify Anticipated Attitudes and Guidance For Programs
Residents at 4 US institutions reported mixed attitudes about the anticipated effects of open clinical notes. Prior to actually sharing notes with patients, some residents perceived open notes would enhance patient education, engagement, and trust and offer unique opportunities in their own education, while residents also worried about personal workload and overwhelming patients. Most residents reported low frequency and quality of preceptor feedback on their notes. While some resident attitudes mirror faculty physician experiences, unique resident concerns merit focused attention and further research.
Patients perceptions of their doctors’ notes and after‐visit summaries: A mixed methods study of patients at safety‐net clinics
Patients are increasingly offered electronic access to their doctors’ notes, and many consistently receive paper After-Visit Summaries. Specific feedback from patients about notes and summaries are lacking, particularly within safety-net settings.
Generalist physicians’ challenges in understanding specialists’ clinic notes
Millions of patients now have online access to their full electronic medical record, including the clinic notes from general and specialty physicians.1–4 At our institution, all clinic notes have been accessible to patients via a secure patient portal since October 2014,5 Subsequently, some patients are now asking their generalist physicians to answer questions about subspecialists’ clinic…
Your Patient Is Now Reading Your Note: Opportunities, Problems, and Prospects
Patients have unprecedented online access to their medical records. More than 6 million Americans can now read their doctors’ notes via patient portals, and continued rapid growth is likely. Sharing notes with patients may yield important health benefits, including increased patient empowerment and improved medication adherence. Seeing written information, including notes, helps patients remember the plan of care, reinforces patients’ positive behaviors, and strengthens the patient–doctor alliance.
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