Can the simple act of sharing a healthcare provider’s notes with a patient improve health outcomes? The OpenNotes movement
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Foundations Unite to Support Access to Clinical Notes for 50 Million Patients Nationwide
Four foundations jointly fund three-year, $10 million expansion of the OpenNotes movement BOSTON—Cambia Health Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Peterson Center on Healthcare, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation today jointly announced $10 million in new funding to spread access to clinical notes to 50 million patients nationwide. OpenNotes is a national initiative that…
The Healthcare Blog: Opening the Care Conversation Through Open Notes
It’s a memory aid. It’s truth serum. Using it can transform relationships forever. These may sound like come-ons for the type of product typically hawked on late-night television. But in fact, they’re some of the things people are saying about OpenNotes. OpenNotes isn’t a product, but an idea: That the notes doctors and other clinicians write…
OpenNotes: Putting Medical Record Transparency to the Test
Many health experts see “consumer engagement” as a key to improving quality and lowering costs. But how to get people to be more actively involved in their own care has vexed these same experts for years. Computers have unquestionably made things easier by enabling individuals, with a few clicks, to delve deeply into whatever health…
