Analysis of 218.1 million notes from 1.6 million patients' electronic health records revealed growing use of emojis.

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 ...

Encouraging patients to help write and add notes to their personal medical charts -- a task typically handled only by medical professionals -- may help patients feel more involved with their own care ...

However, paper-based records aren’t quite a thing of the past. The most recent published figures show that only 78 percent of ...

What does your doctor really think about your condition and health concerns? For more than a year now, patients have been able to access and read the observations doctors write down about them during ...

There's currently a big focus on using artificial intelligence to reduce administrative burdens for clinicians, especially with medical note-taking and clinical summaries. But, there also are ...

Like a lot of today's patients, the only occasion I've enacted my right under HIPAA to review my medical records has been when I was ready to march them over to a new provider. All three times I have ...

Researchers at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston investigated the impact of patient engagement in evaluating their care visit notes and found patients and care partners who chose to ...

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 ...

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 ...