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Patient portals and electronic health record transparency: pros and cons

Patient portals and electronic health record transparency: pros and cons

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Kenny Lin
Jun 05, 2023
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After completing my fellowship, I considered taking a job filling in for a family physician on sabbatical who had been in solo practice for thirty-plus years. Even for these pre-electronic health record (EHR) days, his written notes were telegraphic. A typical example: "Patient doing fine. Labs normal. Continue current meds and follow up in 6 months." T…

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