As the OpenNotes movement spreads, it offers important opportunities to learn from many health care professionals and health systems, as well as millions of patients. We’re collaborating closely with researchers across the country and around the world to understand the effects of fully transparent medical care on communication, engagement, safety, costs, and the overall quality of care.
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Patients Typing Their Own Visit Agendas Into an Electronic Medical Record: Pilot in a Safety-Net Clinic
Anderson, McHale, et al., Annals of Family Medicine, March 2017, ePub
OpenNotes: How the Power of Knowing Can Change Health Care
Bell, Sigall, K. et al., NEJM Catalyst, October 2016, ePub
Health Records All Access Pass
Payne, Thomas H. et al., Health Records All Access Pass, Journal of AHIMA 87, no.8 (August 2016): 36-39
Transparent Electronic Health Records and Lagging Laws
Lee, Bryan. et al., Ann Intern Med., May 24th 2016, 2016;165(3):219-220
When doctors share visit notes with patients: a study of patient and doctor perceptions of documentation errors, safety opportunities and the patient–doctor relationship
Bell, Sigall, K. et al., BMJ Qual Saf doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004697
Patients, Care Partners, and Shared Access to the Patient Portal: Online Practices at an Integrated Health System
Wolff, Jennifer L. et al., JAMIA, Mar 2016, ocw025; DOI:10.1093/jamia/ocw025
Opening Residents’ Notes to Patients: A Qualitative Study of Resident and Faculty Physician Attitudes on Open Notes Implementation in Graduate Medical Education.
Crotty, Bradley H., et al., Acad Med. 2016 Mar; 91(3):418-26
Patients learning to read their doctors’ notes: the importance of reminders
Mafi, John N. et al., JAMIA, February 2016, ocv167; DOI:10.1093/jamia/ocv167
Family Caregivers and Consumer Health Information Technology
Wolff, Jennifer L. et al., J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Jan;31(1):117-21
Your Patient Is Now Reading Your Note: Opportunities, Problems, and Prospects
Patients have unprecedented online access to their medical records. More than 6 million Americans can now read their doctors’ notes via patient portals, and continued rapid growth is likely. Sharing notes with patients may yield […]