Transparency through open notes: Risks and rewards of inviting patients to review their medical records
Friday, July 23, 2010 - 10:28
in Health & Medicine
Technology has placed vast amounts of medical information literally a mouse click away. Yet what often may be central -- a doctor's notes about a patient visit -- has traditionally not been part of the discussion. In effect, such records have long been out of bounds. In a new article, researchers speculate about the risks and rewards of making clinicians' notes transparent to patients.