OpenNotes Observer

October 2019

Meet Charlotte Blease, Keane OpenNotes Scholar We are pleased to welcome Charlotte Blease, PhD as our newest Keane OpenNotes Scholar. Her background is in philosophy and interdisciplinary health research. Her work focuses on the ethics and relational benefits of note sharing, including therapeutic benefits to patients. Charlotte is also interested in how access to visit notes empowers the most vulnerable health users . . . Read more >>

New Research A patient and family reporting system for perceived ambulatory note mistakes: experience at 3 U.S. healthcare centers , Fabinne Bourgeious, et al, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA)

New Fellowship Opportunity Learn more about our inaugural Keane OpenNotes Fellowship in Patient Engagement and Transparency . Application deadline: November 27th, 2019

New Learning Collaboratives OpenNotes is thrilled to announce that we are establishing a number of learning collaboratives focused on specific aspects of note-sharing. The topics of focus are: pediatric/adolescent notes, mental/behavioral health notes, writing better notes, and oncology notes. If you are interested in learning more and possibly participating in any of these groups please contact Deb Wachenheim at dwachenh@bidmc.harvard.edu .

What We're Saying 5 Clinician Concerns About OpenNotes, John Santa for KevinMD  Editorial: Patients' access to health records, Maria Hagglund & Cait DesRoches in The BMJ

What We're Reading Case Study: Giving Patients Online Access to Medical Records with OpenNotes, Center for Healthcare Innovations Su salud a la mano (your health at hand): patient perceptions about a bilingual patient portal in the Los Angeles safety net, JAMIA

What People Are Saying About Us Opinion: It's Your Right to See Your Medical Records. It Shouldn't Be This Hard To Do, NPR Could greater transparency in mental health care aid recovery? CareKnowledge  OpenNotes gives patients full access to clinician notes, VUMC Reporter OpenNotes Helps Physicians Work on Writing Better Notes, Healthcare Innovation  Measuring Performance of OpenNotes Initiatives to Target Iprovement Efforts, NEJM Catalyst

Where We're Going To Be Liz Salmi at AMIA Annual Symosium , Washington, D.C. November 17th "Panel - Flipping Clinical Documentation on its Head", 3:30PM - 5:00PM Liz Salmi at U.S. News Healthcare of Tomorrow , Washington, D.C. November 18th Keynote panel: Are you listening? Prioritizing the patient voice in healthcare, 12:15PM - 2:00PM Transparency Moves: How Well Are Policies of Greater Openness Serving Hospitals - and Patients?, 4:15PM - 5:30PM Liz Salmi at American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) : Advancing Precision Medicine Drug Development: Incorporation of Real-World Data and Other Novel Strategies, San Diego, CA January 10th Databases and EHRs, 10:00AM - 11:45AM Tom Delbanco, MD & Liz Salmi at Stanford Children's Health , Palo Alto, CA Feburary 28th Grand Rounds at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, 8:00AM - 9:00AM

New Organizations Sharing Notes

#OpenNotes Tweet of the Month Welcome to the club, VUMC! Who else is out there piloting? Let us know how it's going. We're here to help!