Don’t fear patients reading their progress notes

May 2021

Featured Publication

“We believe that clinicians should embrace the spirit of the rules and view them also as HIPAA catching up with a computerized universe. As the new practice takes hold, ambiguities will diminish as further experience and research evolve.”

Don’t Fear Patients Reading Their Clinical Notes: Opinion, Medscape, Tom Delbanco, Charlotte Blease

Charlotte Blease, PhD

New Studies

FEB 2, 2021

Words Matter: What Do Patients Find Judgmental or Offensive in Outpatient Notes?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Leonor Fernandez, et al.

APR 22, 2021

Changes in Clinician Attitudes Toward Sharing Visit Notes: Surveys Pre-and Post-Implementation

Journal of General Internal Medicine

James Ralston, et al.

JAN 14, 2021

Impact of Patient Access to Online VA Notes on Healthcare Utilization and Clinician Documentation: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Amanda Blok, et al.

FEB 10, 2021

The Value of OpenNotes for Pediatric Patients, Their Families and Impact on the Patient–Physician Relationship

Applied Clinical Informatics

Chethan Sarabu, et al.

APR 16, 2021

Preparing Patients and Clinicians for Open Notes in Mental Health: Qualitative Inquiry of International Experts

JMIR Mental Health

Charlotte Blease, et al.

MAR 24, 2021

Association of Patients Reading Clinical Notes With Perception of Medication Adherence Among Persons With Serious Mental Illness

JAMA Network Open

Charlotte Blease, et al.

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Editorials and Commentaries

Open Notes: New Federal Rules Promoting Open and Transparent Communication, Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, Delbanco T, Wachenheim D

Open Notes Become Law: A Challenge for Mental Health Practice, Psychiatric Services, O'Neill S, Blease C, Delbanco T

Integrating OpenNotes and promoting self-management in primary care in Germany: The Witten Model, The BMJ Opinion, Esch T

New federal rule requires open notes: What do clinicians and patients need to know? Insights and suggestions from a neuro-oncologist, a neurosurgeon, and a person living with a brain tumor, Neuro-Oncology Practice, Salmi L, Mansouri S, Taylor L

U.S. policy requires immediate release of records to patients: Patients and clinicians should embrace the opportunities, BMJ, Salmi L, Blease C, Hagglund M, et al.

The 21st Century CURES Act in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Lee J, Miller S, Mezoff E, et al.

Open Anesthesia Records: Guidance for Anesthesia Providers on Implementing the Cures Act, ASA Monitor, Ramaswamy P, Chin D, Robinowitz D

Patient Access to Mental Health Notes: Motivating Evidence-Informed Ethical Guidelines, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Blease C, O'Neill S, Torous J, et al.

OpenNotes in the News

How Sharing Clinical Notes Affects the Patient-Physician Relationship, JAMA

In a change, patients can now read the clinical notes written by their physicians, The Washington Post

FAQ on Information Blocking: Patient Access, American College of Physicians

While empowering patients, oncology open notes may add to physician workload, Healio

How doctors can adjust to new reality—opening notes to patients, American Medical Association

The alarming frequency of errors in medical records, Physician’s Weekly

Some Cancer Patients More Likely to Look at Docs' Notes, Medscape