Background: Patient and professional views about the impact of providing full real-time
access to the medical record in the in-hospital setting are unknown. Methods: Likert-scale …

In the UK, in the acute in-patient setting, the only information that a patient receives about
their medical care is verbal; there is no routine patient access to any part of the medical …

Background Internationally, patient access to notes is increasing. This has been driven by
respect for patient autonomy, often recognised as a primary tenet of medical ethics: patients …

Study Objective: Emergency physicians often must deliver medical care with minimal access
to historical clinical information. We demonstrate the feasibility and potential value of …

At a time of societal fascination both with transparency and the explosion of health
information technologies, a growing number of hospitals are offering, or will soon offer …

Being a hospital patient can be isolating and anxiety-inducing. We conducted two
experiments to better understand clinician and patient perceptions about giving patients …

Importance The 21st Century Cures Act of 2016 requires that patients be given electronic
access to all the information in their electronic medical records. The regulations for …

Background: Health care is shifting from a paternalistic to a participatory model, with
increasing patient involvement. Medical record accessibility to patients may contribute …

Though several institutions offer hospitalized patients access to their medical records
through acute care patient portals, no studies have assessed the potential impact of patients' …

Abstract Rationale, Aims and Objectives Sharing aspects of the traditional medical record
with patients has been successful in primary and antenatal care, but has not been …