Help patients get the full benefits of reading notes by telling them where and how to find them.
Find strategies for messaging patients about open notes on the OpenNotes Communications page.
Help patients get the full benefits of reading notes by telling them where and how to find them.
Find strategies for messaging patients about open notes on the OpenNotes Communications page.
OpenNotes is the international movement advocating greater transparency in healthcare. Through research and education, we identify and disseminate best practices for sharing medical information with patients and their care partners.
OpenNotes is not software or a product. It’s a call to action.
After a medical visit, doctors, nurses, and other health care providers write notes that summarize important information about patients. These notes become part of a person’s medical record. When a note is shared with a patient, it becomes an “open note.”
FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
OpenNotes for Clinicians →
Effects of OpenNotes: FAQs →
New Federal Rules →
With OurNotes, patients are writing notes with their doctors.
OpenNotes is exploring a new way to build transparent communication, shared decision-making, and mutual trust among patients, care partners and health professionals.
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The new federal rule mandating open notes is a leap forward, and we’re riding that wave. But sharing notes with patients is just a start. The next level involves many more people utilizing those notes to bring greater transparency, collaboration, and safety to healthcare. That’s where we’re headed.
Here are some ways we’re getting there:
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NEW WEBINAR
Getting It Write: What To Do Now That Patients in England Can Read Their GP Notes
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 | 8am Pacific Standard Time (PST)
11am Eastern Standard Time (EST) / 3pm Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
While open notes have been the “law of the land” in the United States for more than a year, in England, adult patients accessing care through the National Health Service (NHS) will have access to their primary care record online for the first time starting Nov. 1, 2022.
In this webinar, we’ll be joined by open notes experts and discuss what this change means for patients and general practitioner (GP) staff in England.