Innovation Snapshot Summary More than 100 primary care doctors and 20,000 patients at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania, and Harborview Medical Center in Seattle participated in a 12-month demonstration project of OpenNotes ® , a program where doctors invite patients to access their notes detailing medical office visits via a…
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Health Expectations: The urban underserved: attitudes towards gaining full access to electronic medical records.
As the use of electronic medical records (EMRs) spreads, health-care organizations are increasingly offering patients online access to their medical records. Studies evaluating patient attitudes towards viewing elements of their records through secure, electronic patient portals have generally not included medically underserved patients or those with HIV/AIDS. The goal of this study was to gain…
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