Patient access to physician notes can boost patient engagement, understanding and adherence to their care plans, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine. For the study, ...

Following a trial program allowing medical patients to access their doctor’s notes online, researchers found that patients using “OpenNotes” felt more in control of their health. More than 100 doctors ...

More U.S. patients will soon have free, electronic access to the notes their doctors write about them under a new federal requirement for transparency. Many health systems are opening up records ...

Access to clinical notes enhances patient engagement and trust, and the 21st Century Cures Act enabled immediate electronic patient access in April 2021. Yet, technological advances may perpetuate ...

What does your doctor really think about your condition and health concerns? For more than a year now, patients have been able to access and read the observations doctors write down about them during ...

Encouraging patients to help write and add notes to their personal medical charts -- a task typically handled only by medical professionals -- may help patients feel more involved with their own care ...

At Weill Cornell Medicine where I work, regular doctors were not able to access psychiatry notes in the electronic health record (EHR). This meant primary care practitioners (PCPs) could read ...