Becker's Healthcare November 24, 2021
Patients having access to their caregivers’ EHR notes is not helpful unless they can understand the notes’ meaning and context, Eliana Miller Perrin, MD, wrote in a Nov. 23 opinion piece for Bloomberg.
Dr. Perrin, a pediatrician and professor at the Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and School of Nursing, said that while patients having access to their EHR records may seem like a significant win for transparency, “it actually represents a sea change in the way doctors and patients communicate.”
Most providers write their notes so that other medical professionals can understand them, according to Dr. Perrin. She said that since EHR charts are designed to communicate complicated information among medical professionals and billers, most patients...
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