Medical Xpress May 7, 2021
(HealthDay)—Following implementation of electronically sharing office visit notes with patients, more primary and specialty care clinicians agree the practice is beneficial overall, according to a study published online April 22 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
James D. Ralston, M.D., from Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle, and colleagues conducted a survey to assess changes in clinicians’ attitudes about sharing notes with patients. The analysis included outpatient primary and specialty care clinicians who were from a large group practice and had one or more patients who accessed notes (baseline survey: 400 participants; follow-up survey: 192 participants).
The researchers found that before implementation, 29 percent of respondents agreed or somewhat agreed that visit notes online are beneficial overall,...
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