by Jared Klein, MD, MPH SEATTLE, WA – Sharon [pseud] had struggled with her blood pressure for years, but when she ended up in the ER experiencing chest pain I couldn’t help thinking how I may have failed as her doctor. We had discussed her blood pressure many times, but I’m not sure if she…
Harborview Medical Center
New OpenNotes video!!
When Linda Johnson had a significant health scare away from her home in Seattle, she shared her medical notes from Dr. Sara Jackson and her care team at Harborview Medical Center, both with her daughter and the Baltimore hospital’s team that took care of her. Linda’s long term plan going forward is to involve her family…
U.S. News & World Report: Hospitals Are Moving (Slowly) to Electronic Medical Records
by Michael Schroeder Moving hospitals out of paper records and into seamless digital connectivity has been tougher than anyone but hard-core skeptics thought seven years ago, when the federal government began pouring billions of dollars into a push to make electronic medical records the universal standard. Computerization of health care data would quickly get patients’ health information where it needs to go, improving care…
Digital Doctor (Practice Economics) – OpenNotes: Transparency in health care
Transparency, until recently, was rarely associated with health care. Not anymore. For better and sometimes worse, there is a revolutionary movement toward transparency in all facets of health care: transparency of costs, outcomes, quality, service, and reputation. Full transparency has now come to medical records in the form of OpenNotes. This is a patient-centered initiative…
KUOW News – 94.9FM: When Doctors Invite Patients To Read Their Notes
Do you wonder what your doctor scribbles in the chart during your visit? Patients at Harborview Medical Center got to read their medical records, including their doctors’ detailed notes. For some, that access prompted them to become more involved in their health care. Linda Johnson, 67, had been relatively healthy all her adult life. She…
Seattle Magazine: Personal Health Records
New tools for Seattle’s tech savvy health consumers to track their health care details “Our patients want OpenNotes, and it will help them to become involved and educated partners in their medical care,” says study coauthor Joann G. Elmore, M.D., M.P.H., and professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine and Harborview Medical Center.…
Online Access to Doctors’ Notes: Patient Concerns About Privacy
Offering patients online access to medical records, including doctors’ visit notes, holds considerable potential to improve care. However, patients may worry about loss of privacy when accessing personal health information through Internet-based patient portals. The OpenNotes study provided patients at three US health care institutions with online access to their primary care doctors’ notes and then collected survey data about their experiences, including their concerns about privacy before and after participation in the intervention.
