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Read MoreHFMA: Meaningful Health Information Exchange
By Lola Butcher, March 6, 2013 Health information exchange means different things to different stakeholders. To a solo practitioner in Pasadena, Calif., it means having ready access to information about the treatment her patients have received in the local hospital and from other physicians—even though she does not have an electronic health record (EHR). [...]
Read Moree-Patient Dave on PBS: “My Health Counts”
Listen to the e-patient stories of Dave deBronkart, Lygeia Ricciardi (official consumer e-health guru at HHS) and Buffalo resident Tom Dixon on PBS, hosted by Susan Hunt. Check out the video here.
Read MoreHealth Affairs Blog: Not In My Name: Real Patient-Centeredness Means Sharing Power
If “information is power,” what can be a more complete sharing of power by medical professionals than this?
Read MoreVA Introduces New and Enhanced Features for VA Blue Button
January 29, 2013 Veterans can now also access VA OpenNotes, which ‘opens’ clinical notes, allowing Veterans to read their health care team’s notes from appointments and hospital stays. VA OpenNotes provides Veterans the ability to read and discuss notes with their health care teams, family and caregivers, offering them greater control over their health care. [...]
Read MoreVA OpenNotes & Expanded Blue Button
The VA, already a leader in patient advocacy and consumer health informatics, is expanding their Blue Button to include OpenNotes! Learn more about the VA’s Blue Button and future plans here.
Read MoreOpenNotes: Access, Action, & Attitudes
“We need to understand how to communicate better with patients. We have a new mandate.” – Mark Zeidel, MD, BIDMC On October 11, 2012, the OpenNotes team held a meeting to discuss the final results of our year-long OpenNotes study, and explore how to make shared visit notes a more routine part of patient [...]
Read MoreWIHI Broadcast of Open Notes
On November 1st, OpenNotes was featured on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s WIHI broadcast,”Open Notes: Doctors and Patients on the Same Page.” Host, Madge Kaplan, interviewed one of OpenNotes’ Primary Investigators, Dr. Tom Delbanco, about this new transparency. In addition, two participating clinicians, Dr. Robert D. Harrington of Harborview Medical Center and Dr. Richard Martin of [...]
Read MoreOpinion: Why I Let My Patients See My Notes
Douglas Iliff, MD, discusses why for the past 25 years he has shared his visit notes with his patients. His bottom line: ”Trust your patients. They’ll reward you, in spades.” Read the full article here.
Read MoreAHRQ: Online Patient Access to Visit Notes Generates Positive Early Reviews
The October 10, 2012 issue of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Innovations Exchange profiles an innovative program co-directed by Jan Walker, RN, MBA, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The Innovation Profile, Online Patient Access to Visit Notes Generates Positive Early Reviews From Patients and Primary Care Physicians, describes the program’s development, [...]
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