Patient Engagement January 6, 2021
More than 54 million people can view their clinical notes, a massive increase in patient data access in 2020, OpenNotes says.
By 2020’s end, over 50 million patients were able to view their clinical notes through the patient portal, an increase in patient data access of more than 10 million since the year prior, according to year-end figures from OpenNotes.
This comes after months of preparation to adhere to patient access to clinical note requirements espoused in the 21st Century Cures Act. The mandates, originally slated to go into effect in November 2020 but delayed until April 2021, called on medical providers to allow patients to view the notes written by their clinicians via a digital tool.
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