With domain expertise ranging from patient advocacy to health information technology, entrepreneurship to health policy and equity, OpenNotes Lab advisors will help inform and shape strategic initiatives OpenNotes is addressing over the next two years.
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About OpenNotes
OpenNotes is an international movement advocating for greater transparency in healthcare. Through research, innovation, and education, we identify and disseminate best practices for sharing medical information with patients and their care partners.
What is an open note?
When a doctor or other healthcare professional shares their documentation with a patient, it becomes an “open note.” Notes are the story of a person’s health care, and connects other elements in the medical record.
The work has begun. Here’s where we need to go.
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:
- THE “OUR DIAGNOSIS” PROJECT Engaging patients and families in the diagnostic and patient safety process
- ENGAGING CARE PARTNERS IN TRANSPARENT RECORDS Offering care partners ready proxy access and active engagement
- BEYOND US DEPLOYMENT OF eHEALTH TRANSPARENCY Studying global examples of population-wide open notes
- SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (SDOH) Understanding how clinical notes interact with SDOH. How can notes help or hinder?
FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
OpenNotes for Clinicians →
Effects of OpenNotes: FAQs →
New Federal Rules →
How To Use Open Notes offers patients and their families information about open notes in a convenient and easy-to-navigate format. Information is available in English and Spanish.
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