One of the biggest benefits of the OpenNotes initiative has been clarification of misunderstandings between patients and clinicians, according to the Commonwealth Fund. A new post describes some of the findings of a study published last month by the organization for which chronic patients at OpenNotes facilities were interviewed, face-to-face, to determine the impact on…
FierceHealthIT
FierceHealthIT: Columbia St. Mary’s Bruce McCarthy: OpenNotes shifts patient-provider power balance
“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…
