Criticism of the government’s plan to collect data from patients’ medical records to build a new NHS database—care.data—has been fast and furious. With data collection postponed amid public concern about its confidentiality the government is now fielding advice on how to get its “busted” scheme right next time round. While the research potential of analysing “big data” has…
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RWJF Blog: Dr. Bruce McCarthy of Columbia St. Mary’s on Adopting OpenNotes
On Nov. 1, Columbia St. Mary’s Health System in Milwaukee became the first hospital in Wisconsin to implement OpenNotes. Beginning this month, some 1,100 multi-specialty doctors, nurse practitioners, and others who write visit notes will be sharing them with more than 300,000 patients via a secure online portal. Read the interview with Dr. Bruce McCarthy on…
Healthcare IT News: Lawyer to docs: Share notes with patients
by Diana Manos There is a growing trend of physicians sharing their written notes with patients, and that’s not such a bad idea, says attorney and consultant David Harlow, principal at The Harlow Group, LLC. Harlow, who has a healthcare blog, says doctors should have no concerns with showing their notes to patients. “The patient has…
e-patient’s Dave’s Blog: Beth Israel Deaconess FAQ for their patients reading OpenNotes
By Dave deBronkart On Wednesday I posted about the roll-out of OpenNotes to over a million patients and families. That post arose when I myself got notified that Beth Israel Deaconess (my primary hospital) was activating OpenNotes – and they published a Frequently Asked Questions document. Read the full post on e-Patients.net
e-patient’s Dave’s Blog: The OpenNotes project goes wide: a million patients and families enabled by information!
By Dave deBronkart Big news is emerging from the OpenNotes® project: big institutions are making patient access to the medical record Standard Operating Procedure. For the first time, an unprecedented number of patients and families – over 1.3 million so far – are enabled to take a big step toward full partnership in their care, by having access to…
Pioneer Blog: Moving Forward with OpenNotes
By Steve Downs As Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) begins its institutional rollout of OpenNotes, it’s becoming clear that we’ve moved into a new phase of the diffusion of this innovation. I’ve been in discussions with Tom Delbanco and Jan Walker about the idea of opening up physician notes to patients since 2008, when it…
Peter Elias, MD: On the road to shared office visits
Nearly a year ago I embarked on an adventure that has been changing how I practice medicine. It is also changing how medicine feels. It began quite innocently. During an office visit to discuss a new diagnosis of a serious and chronic illness, we talked about problems inherent in the need to involve several physicians…
KevinMD: Bringing OpenNotes to Geisinger
By Jon Darer Recently, over 520 of our doctors began sharing their office visit notes with patients. All primary care doctors and general pediatricians, and selected physicians within pediatric subspecialties, dermatology, endocrinology, pulmonology, nephrology, rheumatology, cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery, neurosurgery, and women’s health—including obstetrics and gynecology and gynecologic oncology—are participating in OpenNotes. Read Dr Darer’s…
RWJ Pioneer Blog: Why the VA Embraces OpenNotes
Earlier this year, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) embraced OpenNotes, enabling more than 1 million veterans who currently have access to the VA personal health record to view or download their own medical notes along with their health record information via the My HealtheVet Blue Button. In a recently published study in the Journal of Medical…
ePatient Dave: Let Patients Help
Congratulations to e-Patient Dave for the publication of his new book, Let Patients Help! This “patient engagement” handbook is written for doctors, nurses, patients, and caregivers and provides concise reasons, tips & methods for making patient engagement effective. To learn more about Let Patients Help or order a prerelease copy please click here.
