OpenNotes in the News July 2019

July 8, 2019

Top Stories:

Podcast: What happens when a patient gets access to their WHOLE medical record – A conversation with Cait DesRoches, DrPH and Liz Salmi of Open Notes, Touch Point Media

Survey: 62% of patients value access to web-based visit notes when choosing a new provider, Becker’s Health IT & CIO Report

Why You Should Take A Peek At Your Doctor’s Notes On Your Health, Kaiser Health News

Ministry encourages GPs to provide access to medical notes, Health Informatics New Zealand

Significant and Distinctive n-Grams in Oncology Notes: A Text-Mining Method to Analyze the Effect of OpenNotes on Clinical Documentation, JCO Clinical Informatics

Is it a Good Idea For Patients To Read Their Doctor’s Notes?, MedicalResearch

Other Stories:

PX Learning Bite – Optimizing OpenNotes for Patient Engagement and Safety, The Beryl Institute

Doctor doodles: getting your doctor’s notes could help you take your meds, SCIMEX

Access to physician’s notes may improve patient adherence to medications, Annals of Internal Medicine

Ready or Not, We Live in an Age of Health Information Transparency, Annals of Internal Medicine

Medical Errors: How Healthcare Providers Can Address Long-Term Harm, Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare

UCHealth’s OpenNotes Journey: From a Few Docs to Enterprise-Wide Acceptance, Healthcare Innovation

Why it’s important for patients to look at their doctor’s note, NBC News

Doctor’s Notes, by Jennifer Blumenthal

What’s Your Doctor Writing About You? Ask to Read the Notes by Ed Tobias

Why patients should read their medical notes, KevinMD

Online Access to Physicians’ Visit Notes Increases Medication Adherence, Neurology Advisor

Online Access to Physicians’ Visit Notes Increases Medication Adherence, Psychiatry Advisor

Reading Visit Notes May Improve Medication Management, DoctorsLounge

Study: Patient access to visit notes aids medication adherence, Health Data Management

Patients who read doctors’ notes more likely to take their meds, Health24