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 ...

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 ...

Pilots often encounter difficulties getting physicians to provide detailed medical notes that meet the FAA's specific requirements due to doctors' unfamiliarity with the standards, time constraints, ...

Following a trial program allowing medical patients to access their doctor’s notes online, researchers found that patients using “OpenNotes” felt more in control of their health. More than 100 doctors ...

In the health care industry, there is a common adage: If you didn’t document it, it didn’t happen. For a combination of legal, medical and billing reasons, doctors spend hours every day in front of ...

CHICAGO • It was easy to miss Dr. Robert Gray’s quick movements, tapping the screen of his smartphone at the beginning and end of patient visits on a recent day. But Gray said those fast finger taps ...

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Eating your veggies? Thumbs up. With computerized records and messaging through patient portals, some doctors have traded their infamous chicken scratch handwriting for easier-to-decipher ...