Patient Engagement March 31, 2020
The latest data from OpenNotes showed that most providers like offering patient data access, but they acknowledge it adds a little more work for them.
Medical providers are largely accepting of OpenNotes, the health data philosophy driving patient access to health information, although they do acknowledge that the practice requires a little extra work, according to new data published in JAMA Network Open.
Since the 2009 passage of the HITECH Act, which heralded in the meaningful use program pushing providers across the country to adopt EHRs and patient portals, patient data access has been top of mind.
Allowing patients to view their own medical records and clinician notes is regarded as the first step to a strong patient engagement strategy....