Kinder, Gentler Reform Needed to Avoid Physician/Patient Divide
March 21, 2013 | Story
Will patient care suffer from reform’s drive toward efficiency? A physician asks her colleagues to proceed with caution.
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Physicians Slow to E-Mail Routinely with Patients
October 7, 2010 | Issue Brief
Brief highlights that only 34 percent of office-based physicians have the capability to e-mail patients. Of those, fewer than one in five regularly e-mail their patients.
Regional Health Improvement Collaboratives and Health Care Reform
June 20, 2011 | Program Result
In 2004, a group of regional collaboratives established the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI) to accelerate the formation and effectiveness of such collaboratives across the country.
Project HealthDesign: Rethinking the Power and Potential of Personal Health Records
January 30, 2013 | National Program/Grant/Grantee
Rethinking the power and potential of personal health records.
A Look at Communications Technology and Its Impact on Health Care
November 1, 2000 | Program Result
In 1998, the Benton Foundation researched the impact of new communications technologies on health, identifying innovative uses and challenges.
Study Finds Web is Fundamentally Changing Patient-Doctor Relationship
November 1, 2000 | Program Result
In November 1997, the Center for Research on the Information Society at Rutgers University conducted a survey of consumers and physicians on the use and quality of health care information on the Internet.
Adoption, Sustainability and Spread of Self-Management Supports
July 1, 2008 | Evaluation
This evaluation of the Quality Allies and New Health Partnerships learning communities focused on the second and third phases of a national initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The evaluation specifically focused on documenting the impact of the initiatives on systems of clinical care delivery and patient outcomes.
A Patient's View of OpenNotes
October 2, 2012 | Journal Article
The authors discuss the positive outcomes from a year-long experimental study, OpenNotes, where patients could access their doctor’s notes.
Pushing the Envelope of Electronic Patient Portals to Engage Patients
October 2, 2012 | Journal Article
This editorial discusses OpenNotes, an experiment where patients were allowed to access their primary care providers’ electronic notes via patient portals.
Inviting Patients to Read Their Doctors' Notes
October 2, 2012 | Journal Article
This article could help drive a culture of more transparency between patients and providers, enabling two-way communication that levels the proverbial playing field.