OpenNotes is the international movement dedicated to making health care more open and transparent by urging doctors, nurses, therapists, and others to share their visit notes with patients.
15,000,000
patients nationwide have online access to notes
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Today 16,693,000 patients have online access to their notes.
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What Are Notes?
Written by doctors, nurses, therapists, or other health professionals to describe interactions with patients, notes are part of the medical record. When patients are invited to read these notes, they become open notes.
Why Share Notes?
Communicate and Engage
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Improve Quality of Care
A doctor’s experience
Take Medication More Effectively
What we’re learning
Manage Chronic Illness
A patient’s story
Support Caregivers
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Make Care Safer
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