“I have been intrigued over past years by discussions concerning patients’ rights to view their own medical records. An argument is frequently made by physicians that much of content in a hospital or office EMR is unintelligible, confusing, or unsuitable for patients to view. This may be true. However, many hospitals, on request, will allow patients to view their own medical records while in the hospital. Additionally, patients post-discharge can also request a copy of their chart, generally to provide to other physicians. A recent article takes up this same topic in the context of a project at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center allowing patients access to their physician notes in the EMR.”
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Bruce Friedman, Lab Soft News, 10 July 2009
