The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

By  Jonah Comstock 08:15 am August 18, 2015
Dr. Sigal Bell Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston now has five years of data on what happens when patients have access to their doctor's notes. And from that data, it appears that not only is the arrangement beneficial to patients, but also to doctors -- and to the accuracy and quality of the notes. Researchers at the hospital, led by Dr. Sigall Bell, an assistant professor of...