The patient-physician relationship has long been uni-directional: The clinician determines a diagnosis and treatment plan, and the patient follows along, taking the clinician’s word at face value. But now, patients have developed the autonomy and desire to be active participants and decision-makers when it comes to their care. This transition became fairly evident to Kaiser…
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HealthIT Outcomes: Open Notes Improves Medication Adherence
A pilot project testing the effectiveness of the Open Notes program found it had a positive effect on medication adherence. According to a two-year study conducted by Geisinger Health System, the Open Notes program increased medication adherence in 5 percent of those who used it. “Providing patients access to their doctors’ notes and reminding them…
HCI – The Results Are In: Recent OpenNotes Research Has Made Me a Believer
When I first started covering health IT three years ago, one of the things that interested me most was the OpenNotes movement, originally a 12-month pilot initiative which brought together 105 primary care doctors across three leading healthcare organizations—and more than 19,000 of their patients—to evaluate the impact on both patients and physicians of sharing…
EHR Intelligence: OpenNotes Pilots Show Value of Patients Annotating EHRs
With the advent of EHRs, mobile health products, telehealth services, and other health IT innovations, it comes as no surprise that physicians have also provided patients with electronic access to their written notes. The OpenNotes study started in 2011 and immediately showed patients feel better about and are more likely to adhere to their medications…
Harvard Business Review: Bringing the Customer’s Voice into Medicine
U.S. health care providers have 10 million newly insured patients to serve this year. That’s 10 million customers they don’t know much about, which makes innovation all the more important. We’re already experiencing a first, technology-driven wave of transformation — electronic health records, mobile phones, sensors, and telemedicine robots are making care more effective and…
JMIR Publications: Patients Who Share Transparent Visit Notes With Others
ABSTRACT Background: Inviting patients to read their primary care visit notes may improve communication and help them engage more actively in their health care. Little is known about how patients will use the opportunity to share their visit notes with family members or caregivers, or what the benefits might be. Objective: Our goal was to…
Healthcare IT News: Voice of the Patient
What happens when patients get involved? Better outcomes. In a Healthcare IT News cover story, transparency “pioneers” discuss why we need to give patients access to all their health information.
Health IT Buzz: Building Momentum: Expanding Patient Access to Medical Records
By Lygeia Ricciardi, EdM Giving patients (or, more broadly, consumers), easy electronic access to their own health information is a key step in empowering individuals to be more engaged partners in their health and their healthcare, including: coordinating care among multiple providers, making sure medical records are accurate and complete, and using apps and tools…
