Inviting Patients to Read Their Doctors' Notes
October 2, 2012 | Journal Article
This article could help drive a culture of more transparency between patients and providers, enabling two-way communication that levels the proverbial playing field.
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Making Sense of Mobile Health Data
August 9, 2012 | Journal Article
Mobile phones, and smartphones in particular, have the potential to support chronic disease prevention and management in daily life. For example, mobile health (mHealth) applications can help people manage their diabetes, assist in smoking cessation ...
Evaluating the Impact of Patients' Online Access to Doctors' Visit Notes
April 13, 2012 | Journal Article
The authors conducted a one-year, multi-site trial of patient-accessible online office visit notes system OpenNotes, and found that many primary care physicians were willing to participate.
Debate
February 1, 2012 | Commentary
Will OpenNotes help patients become true partners in their case?
Website Aims to Guide Cancer Survivors in Finding Comfort Care
December 1, 2004 | Program Result
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship developed a section of the coalition's Web site to provide information on palliative care for people living with cancer, their families and their caregivers.
Online Doesn't Mean on Target
August 1, 2000 | Program Result
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services conducted the second and third of a series of national conferences called "Partnerships for Networked Consumer Health Information."
Voorhees College Students Teach South Carolina Seniors to Access Health Information Using Computers
August 1, 2006 | Program Result
The Center of Excellence in Rural and Minority Health, a project of Voorhees College, taught seniors from three rural and impoverished counties how to use computers and access health information databases.
Open Notes
July 20, 2010 | Journal Article
This article profiles a program that allows patients open access to their medical records. The OpenNotes project has the potential to open a new type of communication between patients and doctors.
Rethinking the Power and Potential of Personal Health Records
January 1, 2009 | Report
This report from Project HeathDesign captures key learnings from the work of the program's first nine grantee teams, as well as from its efforts to develop a common platform and explore the ethical, legal and social issues tied to next-generation personal health records (PHRs).
Filling Major Knowledge Gaps about Health Care
January 27, 2011 | Program Result
The Health Insurance Reform Project advanced the development of a rapid learning health system - involving millions of health records in searchable national databases - to fill knowledge gaps about health care and develop better health care policies.