OpenNotes is the international movement promoting and studying transparent communication in healthcare. We help patients and clinicians share meaningful notes in medical records. We call these open notes.
The OpenNotes Movement
Over the past 10 years, through education, research, and advocacy, the OpenNotes movement has had a remarkable impact on building fully transparent communication into care.
The Covid-19 pandemic, the need to maintain and build trust in scientific medicine, the effects of social inequities on health, and new federal legislation make our efforts even more important.
FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
OpenNotes for Clinicians →
Effects of OpenNotes: FAQs →
New Federal Rules →
OpenNotes provides tools and resources that help clinicians and health care systems share notes with patients. OpenNotes is not software or a product. It’s a call to action.
- Policy Federal Rules mandating open notes
- Implementation Resources to gain support, policy considerations, and communications templates
- Mental Health Open notes in mental health therapy
- Pediatrics & Adolescents Why use open notes in pediatric and adolescent medicine?
With OurNotes, patients are writing notes with their clinicians.
OpenNotes is exploring a new way to build transparent communication, shared decision-making, and mutual trust.
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At a time of global crisis, patients, clinicians, and health care systems, including those focusing on socio-economically disadvantaged populations, are rapidly adopting open notes.
Here’s what we are working on next:
- OpenNotes Do open notes well: Implementation Case Studies
- Our Diagnosis (OurDx) Engage patients and families in the diagnostic process
- Proxy Access Engage family care partners through the electronic health record
- Learning Collaboratives Create and establish best practices for shared notes
We're funded by grants, philanthropy, and supporters like you. Your entire tax-deductible donation will go to spreading the OpenNotes movement.
