Health Affairs June 10, 2021
In spring 2021 a new federal rule went into effect, requiring all health care providers that maintain electronic medical records to make clinical notes and other health care information available to patients at no charge. While this rule, part of the 21st Century Cures Act, is revolutionary—and possibly unsettling—for many health systems, it is the next logical step for others.
According to OpenNotes, which has tracked this for a number of years, more than 260 health care organizations in the United States were making clinical notes available to patients prior to the new rule. For many of these organizations, the rule expands the types of notes and other medical information that they were already sharing with patients. Those organizations and...
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