Watch Eric J. Topol, MD; Cheryl Pegus, MD, MPH; Maurie Markman, MD, MS; Gregory R. Weidner, MD and Michael W. Smith, MD, MBA, CPT at Medscape’s Medicine 3.0: Precision Medicine and Patient Engagement. The event was held in September in New York City. During this portion of the town hall-style discussion, attendees asked questions of the expert…
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WBUR’s CommonHealth blog – How Are We Today? Study Lets Patients Help Write Medical Notes, Google Doc Style
First, beginning about five years ago, came the OpenNotes study. Researchers found that when they gave patients access to their primary care doctors’ written notes, the patients said they got better at taking care of themselves, particularly at taking medications correctly. And contrary to some doctors’ fears, the notes did not tend to cause offense…
HealthcareITNews – OpenNotes: ‘This is not a software package, this is a movement’
Tom Delbanco, MD, professor of general medicine and primary care at Harvard Medical School and former chief of general medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is also co-director of the OpenNotes project, which gives patients access to the clinical notes written by their doctors and nurses. OpenNotes initially launched in 2010 as a pilot…
Clinical Innovation + Technology. Delbanco: OpenNotes is ‘contagious’
Since OpenNotes first was implemented in Boston, rural Pennsylvania and Seattle in 2010, the number of patients with access to their notes has swelled from 19,000 to nearly 4.5 million as more organizations join the movement, according to speakers at the 2014 AMDIS Fall Symposium. Read the full article on the Clinical Innovation +…
BBC World Service: Clinic lets patients read their therapist’s notes
Would you want to know what your therapist thinks of you? Hundreds of patients with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston are taking part in an experiment where they have full access to their therapist’s notes about them. Most are reporting it’s a good thing. Steve O’Neill is a therapist and one of…
Today’s Hospitalist: Is it time to open up your notes?
Patients have the right under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to access their entire medical chart, including clinicians’ progress notes. But most hospitals and practices view that requirement as a burden and have set up time, cost and logistical barriers to prevent patients from seeing and obtaining copies of their own…
Clinical Corner: OpenNotes at BIDMC
Q & A with Tom Delbanco and Jan Walker You probably know that your doctors, nurses and other care providers write a note after an appointment or discussion, and that the note becomes part of your medical record. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is one of the first hospitals in the United States to invite patients…
Consumer Reports: The doctor will e-mail you now
Though they may be late to the party, this year you can expect your doctors to join your bank, your credit-card company, your insurance company, and probably even your supermarket and hairdresser in connecting with you online. In fact, you may find your doctor actively encouraging you to send her an e-mail. Why? Starting this…
RWJF Year in Research
RWJF Year in Research: An Interview with Thomas L. Delbanco Voted No. 2 Most Influential Research Article of 2012, Thomas Delbanco and Janice Walker co-direct OpenNotes, a project that tests the radical yet simple idea that physicians’ notes should be for the patient, not just about the patient. What was the inspiration for this study—the…
Modern Healthcare: Patients should have easier access to their doctors’ medical notes
by Tom Delbanco and Jan Walker HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has taken an important step in launching the first national effort to give consumers electronic access to their laboratory results. We certainly agree with the secretary that “When it comes to health, information is power.” But at a time when all Americans are increasingly relying…
