The OpenNotes study, in which more than 100 primary care physicians granted 20,000 patients access to their own notes through a secure website, began in 2010. This practice is going a long way to ...

The patient-physician relationship has long been uni-directional: The clinician determines a diagnosis and treatment plan, and the patient follows along, taking the clinician's word at face value. But ...

Thanks to electronic health records and online portals, more and more patients have access to the notes their clinicians write about their health care visits. A new study offers insight into the ...

One of the biggest benefits of the OpenNotes initiative has been clarification of misunderstandings between patients and clinicians, according to the Commonwealth Fund. A new post describes some of ...

There's currently a big focus on using artificial intelligence to reduce administrative burdens for clinicians, especially with medical note-taking and clinical summaries. But, there also are ...

Even the most routine visit to the doctor’s office can cause many people to worry, much less managing a serious chronic health condition. Oftentimes this nervousness combined with complicated ...

OpenNotes is “a national initiative working to give patients access to the visit notes written by their doctors, nurses, or other clinicians.” According to their website, three million patients now ...

The Association of Medical Directors of Information System is joining forces with OpenNotes, working with the initiative to increase patients' engagement with their physicians by making medical ...

OpenNotes, a national initiative to provide patients with access to their doctors' and clinicians' notes, has scored $10 million in new funding in total from Cambia Health Foundation, Gordon and Betty ...

The patient you saw last week tells his doctor: "Dr Mandrola said I wasn't a candidate for ablation." But a review of your note says: "We discussed ablation, but at this time symptoms had resolved and ...

Thanks to electronic health records and online portals, more and more patients are being given access to the notes their clinicians write about their health care visits. Research suggests this ...