Patients Managing Medications and Reading Their Visit Notes
Authors: Catherine M. DesRoches, Tom Delbanco, Sigall K. Bell
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2019)

Letters19 November 2019Patients Managing Medications and Reading Their Visit NotesCatherine M. DesRoches, DrPH, Tom Delbanco, MD, and Sigall K. Bell, MDCatherine M. DesRoches, DrPHHarvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts (C.M.D., T.D., S.K.B.)Search for more papers by this author, Tom Delbanco, MDHarvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts (C.M.D., T.D., S.K.B.)Search for more papers by this author, and Sigall K. Bell, MDHarvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts (C.M.D., T.D., S.K.B.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L19-0599 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:We agree that although reading notes can provide patients with information, more can and should be done to invite patients to use and contribute to their electronic health data. We have made progress over the past 7 years toward the goal of providing patients with full electronic access to their medical records (1), but Dr. Strum's frustration with the lack of viable options for correcting data and providing relevant information is all too common. Electronic health data and patient portals offer enormous potential for patients not only to access their health information—including visit notes—but also review their data ...References1. Walker J, Leveille S, Bell S, et al. OpenNotes after 7 years: patient experiences with ongoing access to their clinicians' outpatient visit notes. J Med Internet Res. 2019;21:e13876. [PMID: 31066717] doi:10.2196/13876 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Bourgeois FC, Fossa A, Gerard M, et al. A patient and family reporting system for perceived ambulatory note mistakes: experience at 3 U.S. healthcare centers. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2019. [PMID: 31504576] doi:10.1093/jamia/ocz142 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Mafi JN, Gerard M, Chimowitz H, et al. Patients contributing to their doctors' notes: insights from expert interviews. Ann Intern Med. 2018;168:302-5. [PMID: 29132154]. doi:10.7326/M17-0583 LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts (C.M.D., T.D., S.K.B.)Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=M18-3197. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoPatients Managing Medications and Reading Their Visit Notes: A Survey of OpenNotes Participants Catherine M. DesRoches , Sigall K. Bell , Zhiyong Dong , Joann Elmore , Leonor Fernandez , Patricia Fitzgerald , Joshua M. Liao , Thomas H. Payne , Tom Delbanco , and Jan Walker Patients Managing Medications and Reading Their Visit Notes Stephen B. Strum Metrics Cited bySpeaking up about patient-perceived serious visit note errors: Patient and family experiences and recommendations 19 November 2019Volume 171, Issue 10Page: 774KeywordsBehaviorDisclosureElectrode recordingElectronic medical recordsHabitsHealth careHealth information technologyPatientsPopulation statistics ePublished: 19 November 2019 Issue Published: 19 November 2019 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2019 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...