ORLANDO — The OpenNotes program that encourages providers to share their visit notes with patients is continuing to pick up steam, Homer Chin, MD, said here at the annual meeting of the
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AMDIS and OpenNotes Announce Partnership to Empower Patients
Organizations believe a fully transparent medical record is the right thing to do for patients LAKE ALMANOR, CA – The Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS) and OpenNotes have announced a partnership to advance transparency in health care and enhance patient and clinician communication by inviting patients to read and engage with the…
FierceHealthIT: OpenNotes helps to improve misunderstandings between docs, patients
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…
PHYSICIANS PRACTICE: Physicians Sharing Notes with Patients is a Win-Win
Can sharing physician notes with patients have a positive effect on care? That is the basic question behind the OpenNotes movement, which sprung out of a three-city pilot program in Boston, Seattle, and rural Pennsylvania and has since gone on to give more than five million patients access to their medical records. Using a patient…
CHIME, OpenNotes Partner to Spur Patient Engagement, Support Advances in Precision Medicine
ANN ARBOR, MI, February 25, 2016— The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and OpenNotes today unveiled a unique partnership to accelerate information sharing between patients and providers. The collaboration, which will help empower patients to become advocates in their care, was announced as part the Obama administration’s Precision Medicine Initiative Summit. “We are…
OpenNotes at HIMSS16: understanding the benefits of providing patients access to clinician notes
What: Presented by Homer Chin, MD, MS, who leads OpenNotes’ efforts to integrate Health Information Technology, and Amy Fellows, MPH, whose focus is on Community Health Programs, with particular attention to individuals who are medically underserved , this session will discuss the significant benefits of providing patients access to clinician notes, as well as the impact…
Prestigious Healthcare Experts Join OpenNotes Movement
Combined experience will help guide the spread of access to clinical notes to 50 million patients nationwide BOSTON, Feb. 24, 2016 – National health care leaders, John Santa, MD, MPH, Homer Chin, MD, MS, and Amy Fellows, MPH, have joined the OpenNotes team. The three bring decades of expertise in information technology and population health to…
