“It’s like being able to hit the replay button on your visit with the doctor,” [McCarthy] said. “It’s a living example of a way to make the patient is a partner into their care. If they’re a partner, they should be all the way in, we should be working from the same medical record, looking at…
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Milwaukee Magazine: The Doctor Will Write You Now
Thanks to the computerization of medical records, the illegible scrawl of your doctor is mostly a thing of the past. Soon to be gone, too, might be the misunderstandings some patients have after they leave the doctor’s office – thanks to an initiative called OpenNotes. Pioneered in Wisconsin by the Columbia St. Mary’s health care…
WTMJ-Channel 4: OpenNotes on the Morning Blend
Dr. Marc Horneffer of Columbia St. Mary’s and his patient, Diane Swietzer, discuss OpenNotes on the Morning Blend:
Columbia St Mary’s Now Sharing Visit Notes with Patients
MILWAUKEE, WI – When a patient is sick, tired or stressed during a doctor’s visit, they may forget what the doctor said or prescribed. Columbia St. Mary’s is addressing this issue by strengthening the patient-doctor partnership and giving their more than 300,000 patients secure online access to doctor’s notes after a visit. Called “OpenNotes,” the…
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…
