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 ...

October 1, 2012 — Primary care physicians and patients believe that allowing patients to review doctors' notes has significant benefits and few problems, according to the findings of a ...

Did you know that as of April 2021, all patients have electronic access to their doctors’ notes from medical appointments? This increased access to information is aimed at improving patient care, as ...

The amount of digital data available is greater than ever before, including in health care, where doctors' notes are routinely entered into electronic health record systems. Manually reviewing, ...

Every doctor is a writer, or that’s what I used to believe. From the first days of medical school, my classmates and I learned how to write, albeit for a particular purpose and according to strict ...