HealthsystemCIO.com September 8, 2020
What is CT looking at? Could it be his own radiology image in his patient portal? What does this mean about secrecy in healthcare?
This blog includes three components: a rant about Information Blocking, Open Notes, and unintended consequence; the slides from my talk at CHIME (“Is this the End of Secrecy in Healthcare?”); and a ukulele song entitled, “I Can See Clearly Now, My Sprain is Gone.”
The Rant
As followers of my blog (Undiscovered Country) know, I’ve written about our Open Notes journey, our innovation to release radiology images to patients via portal, our sharing of patient co-pay for prescriptions, and our participation in the Our Notes project to have patients co-author their own clinic progress notes.
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