“Boston’s Beth Israel-Deaconess Hospital is engaging in a year-long project called OpenNotes, which will look at what happens when patients are given real-time unrestricted access to their medical chart. HIPAA gives patients the legal right to access their medical records, but actually getting them is often a slow, laborious process. This project will give patients access to their electronic record immediately following an office visit.”
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KevinMD.com, 20 July 2009
