As the OpenNotes movement continues to grow, a broad variety of journalists, patients and health care professionals are taking note. Even better, they’re sharing the facts, data, opinions and experiences of those sharing medical notes. See what the buzz is all about.
Healthcare IT News: Lawyer to docs: Share notes with patients
by Diana Manos There is a growing trend of physicians sharing their written notes with patients, and that’s not such a bad idea, says attorney and consultant David Harlow, principal at The Harlow Group, LLC. Harlow, who has a healthcare blog, says doctors should have no concerns with showing their notes to patients. “The patient has…
Healthcare Informatics: Transparency: Effective Patient Engagement
by Gabriel Perna Industry leading CMIOs converged at the first ever Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS) Fall Symposium in Boston. One of the more interesting discussions at the event was centered on the usage and effectiveness of the OpenNotes initiative in engaging patients. The OpenNotes movement, for those who are unaware of…
JMIR: OpenNotes & Patient Privacy
By Ashley Gold As touted by some patient advocates and medical professionals who want to give patients access to their data and doctors’ notes, online access to medical records for patients has the potential to improve care. But there’s always potential privacy loss to worry about, and a study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research on OpenNotes, an…
e-patient’s Dave’s Blog: Beth Israel Deaconess FAQ for their patients reading OpenNotes
By Dave deBronkart On Wednesday I posted about the roll-out of OpenNotes to over a million patients and families. That post arose when I myself got notified that Beth Israel Deaconess (my primary hospital) was activating OpenNotes – and they published a Frequently Asked Questions document. Read the full post on e-Patients.net
e-patient’s Dave’s Blog: The OpenNotes project goes wide: a million patients and families enabled by information!
By Dave deBronkart Big news is emerging from the OpenNotes® project: big institutions are making patient access to the medical record Standard Operating Procedure. For the first time, an unprecedented number of patients and families – over 1.3 million so far – are enabled to take a big step toward full partnership in their care, by having access to…
Boston Magazine: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Allows Online Access to Medical Notes
By Jenni Whalen Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) patients will now have online access to the notes that doctors and nurses make about them during care, the hospital announced last week. Through a program called OpenNotes, online records are now available for all primary care, orthopedics, and rehabilitation services patients from BIDMC. The medical…
Pioneer Blog: Moving Forward with OpenNotes
By Steve Downs As Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) begins its institutional rollout of OpenNotes, it’s becoming clear that we’ve moved into a new phase of the diffusion of this innovation. I’ve been in discussions with Tom Delbanco and Jan Walker about the idea of opening up physician notes to patients since 2008, when it…
BIDMC Expands Online Access to Clinician Notes
BOSTON – Online access to the notes doctors, nurses and other clinicians write is now available for all primary care, orthopedics and rehabilitation services patients at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The medical center plans to have outpatient notes from all specialties available by the end of 2013 (with a majority of departments and divisions…