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Patient Access to Online Visit Notes

Oster, Natalia V. et al., J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. July/August 2015 vol. 14 no. 4 306-312

Patients living with HIV/AIDS face large societal and medical challenges. Inviting patients to read their doctors’ visit notes via secure electronic portals may empower patients and improve health. We investigated whether utilization and perceptions about access to doctors’ notes differed among doctors and patients in an HIV/AIDS clinic versus primary care setting. We analyzed pre- and 1-year postintervention data from 99 doctors and 3819 patients. HIV clinic patients did not report differences in perceived risks and benefits compared to primary care clinic patients, however, they were more likely to share notes with friends (33% versus 9%, P = .002), other health professionals (24% versus 8%, P = .03), or another doctor (38% versus 9%, P < .0001). HIV clinic doctors were less likely than primary care doctors to change the level of candor in visit notes (P < .04). Our findings suggest that HIV clinic patients and doctors are ready to share visit notes online.

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Research Type: Original Research, Peer Reviewed Tagged With: Doctor's notes, HIV care innovation, James Ralston, Jan Walker, JIAPAC, Joann Elmore, medical records, Natalia Oster, OpenNotes, Sigall Bell, Tom Delbanco, University of Washington

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