Holmgren J, Apathy N. Assessing the impact of patient access to clinical notes on clinician EHR documentation, JAMIA. 2022; 29(10): 1733-1736.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocac120
Using a national, longitudinal data set consisting of all ambulatory care physicians and advance practice providers using an Epic Systems EHR, we used an interrupted time-series analysis to evaluate the immediate impact of the policy change on clinician note length and time spent documenting in the EHR. We found no evidence of a change in note length or time spent writing notes following the implementation of the policy, suggesting patient access to clinical notes did not increase documentation workload for clinicians.
