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How physicians feel about open notes access

By The DO Staff

10.15.21

Astudy on ophthalmologists’ opinions on open notes, published recently in Nature, found that many think their patients will have trouble understanding their medical records and may be unnecessarily distressed and/or offended by them. The survey of 29 clinicians at the University of Colorado’s ophthalmology department also found that some were worried that open notes requirements would increase their workload and force them to change the way they document.