OpenNotes & Abridge Partner to Research and Evaluate AI-Generated Visit Summaries

OpenNotes has partnered with Abridge to research and enhance AI-generated patient visit summaries, aiming to create clear, patient-centered notes that improve communication and transparency in healthcare. Learn more.

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• Becker's Hospital Review: Abridge, OpenNotes partner: 5 notes
• Fierce Healthcare: OpenNotes partners with Abridge to study how AI-generated notes can benefit patients
• Healthcare Innovation: OpenNotes, Abridge to Research AI-Generated Visit Summaries
• HIT Consultant: OpenNotes and Abridge Partner to Evaluate AI-Generated Visit Summaries for Enhanced Patient Understanding
• STAT HealthTech: Can AI notes help patients? OpenNotes wants to find out (requires subscription)

Study Reveals Pathways to Overcoming Barriers to Sharing Sensitive Social Determinants of Health Data

A new OpenNotes and ASTP study published in JAMA Network Open highlights strategies for overcoming challenges in sharing sensitive social determinants of health (SDOH) data, emphasizing the importance of transparency, trust, and standardization to enhance patient-clinician collaboration on critical non-medical health factors. Read more.

Read the research: DesRoches CM, Wachenheim D, Garcia A, Harcourt K, Henry J, Shah R, Patel V. Clinician and patient perspectives on the exchange of sensitive social determinants of health information. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(10). doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.44376

Nov. 18 Webinar: Empowering Care Partners through Health Information Technology

Join us on November 18 for a free webinar with OpenNotes, Johns Hopkins, and the Coalition for Care Partners to discover the latest research on how health information technology can support patients and care partners with innovative tools, shared access, and essential resources. Register now. Free.

"Your Medical Records Are a Mess. Technology Can Help."

This article from The Wall Street Journal addresses the complexities and challenges of accessing and managing digital medical records. It features insights from OpenNotes leaders, including Tom Delbanco, MD, and Catherine M. DesRoches, DrPH, who discuss how OpenNotes' approach to sharing medical information can support patients and care partners in managing health records more effectively. Keep reading. (Requires subscription.)

Welcome New OpenNoter: Sarah Stern, MA, MS 🎉

Stern Stern, MA, MS, joins OpenNotes as a designer and patient advocate with a deep commitment to humanizing healthcare. With her experience across Health Information Exchanges, Electronic Health Record vendors, and health IT, she brings a fresh, patient-centered perspective to the presentation of health information. Learn more about Sarah.

Navigating Psychiatric Documentation in the Era of Open Notes

In Psychiatric News, Chad Childers, DO, explores how the 21st Century Cures Act’s open notes mandate requires psychiatrists to consider how language in documentation impacts patient understanding and trust, highlighting the need for sensitivity in conveying clinical observations. Read the article. (open access)

Read the paper: Childers C. Navigating psychiatric documentation in the era of open notes. Psychiatric News. 2024;59(11). doi:10.1176/appi.pn.2024.11.11.5