More U.S. patients will soon have free, electronic access to the notes their doctors write about them under a new federal requirement for transparency. Many health systems are opening up records ...

The last few days of a hospital stay are prime targets for RAC auditors scrutinizing the patient record and looking for documentation to support a continued stay. Using checklists of discharge ...

Reading physicians’ notes directly from the electronic medical record system through an online patient portal left patients with a greater understanding of their health and feeling more in control of ...

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston now has five years of data on what happens when patients have access to their doctor's notes. And from that data, it appears that not only is the ...