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 ...

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 ...

In April, the federal government mandated that healthcare providers provide free electronic access to patients' clinical notes, as part of the 21st Century Cures Act. This includes eight types of ...

There is wide variation of primary care physicians’ opinions on sharing their visit notes with patients, while the great majority of patients were in favor of the practice, according to a study in the ...

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 ...