In the health care industry, there is a common adage: If you didn’t document it, it didn’t happen. For a combination of legal, medical and billing reasons, doctors spend hours every day in front of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Beyond its principal mission of saving lives and avoiding harm, a major priority of modern medicine is to ...

Most primary care providers see 15 to 20 patients a day, and many of them spend up to two hours a shift typing information into patient charts. It's a leading reason for physician burnout, said Dr.

With an influx of data available at providers’ fingertips, they can readily share information with patients. Many in the medical community advocate for note sharing as healthcare becomes increasingly ...

In spring 2021 a new federal rule went into effect, requiring all health care providers that maintain electronic medical records to make clinical notes and other health care information available to ...

After you leave your doctor’s office, there’s a crucial part of the appointment that happens behind your back: Your doctor writes a note describing how the visit went. The note might say that your ...

New York City-based NYU Langone Health tested artificial intelligence to see how well it can convert physician notes into accurate lay language that improved patient understanding. The study, ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In 2005, the number of internet users reached 1 billion. In 2007, the first iPhone was introduced. In 2008, Liz ...

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 ...

April 8, 2021 — The United States and Scandinavian countries are among the world leaders in implementing mandatory open notes, not the only world leaders, as an earlier version of this story suggested ...

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 on ...