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medical records, policy issues, Why PM

A glimpse of OpenNotes findings: “Patients are overwhelmingly interested”

e-Patient Dave | November 7, 2011

“Patients are overwhelmingly interested in gaining rapid access to their notes … doctors have not experienced significant disruptions to their work.” Hear hear! That’s from a new commentary published Monday in Modern Healthcare about the OpenNotes project, in which patients have full access to their doctor’s visit notes. We’ve written about it numerous times, dating back to our [...]

#FDASM: + ca change, + c’est la meme chose

Gilles Frydman | November 12, 2009

The FDA is holding a public hearing on the “Promotion of FDA-Regulated Medical Products Using the Internet and Social Media Tools.” There is a tremendous amount of buzz on Twitter and blogs about this meeting which will hear 60 speakers, some more than once. As ABC News Business division reports this morning “Drug Industry Presses [...]