With an EMR this is fairly simple to handle and reports generated for patient use can easily be printed as a hand out. As the article states, patients forget half of what is discussed unless they too are actively making their own notes during an office visit. I do this with a tablet, but I am not the average patient either, kind of a role reversal here sometimes, the patient with the tablet instead of the MD....BD
Physicians began giving chart notes to patients long before anyone had electronic health records or even photocopiers. Indeed, cardiologist Edward Gosfield Jr., who opened a solo practice in Philadelphia in 1950, dictated his progress notes, as well as letters to referring physicians, in front of patients. He then sent the notes to a transcription service that made multiple carbon copies, one of which Gosfield sent to the patient.
Physicians who have EHRs, however, can generate multiple copies of progress notes cheaply and easily. He then prints the note himself and hands it to the patient. Or if he needs to work on the note a bit longer, a staffer gives the patient the note after the patient takes care of business at the checkout desk.
Other physicians give patients select portions of progress notes, or reports that they think patients will find helpful. Tacoma, WA, family physician Richard Waltman, for one, gives patients printouts of their labs and meds, as well as graphs of how they're doing with weight, blood pressure, HbA1c, and other measurements.
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