Note takers grew out of villages movement that helps elderly age in place Keeping information straight from a doctor can be challenging for any age group There just may not be enough volunteers to ...

It used to be difficult for Edith Couturier, an 85-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, to explain to her adult children on the West Coast all the details of her medical appointments. But ...

What does your doctor really think about your condition and health concerns? For more than a year now, patients have been able to access and read the observations doctors write down about them during ...

In spring 2021 a new federal rule went into effect, requiring all health care providers that maintain electronic medical records to make clinical notes and other health care information available to ...

Encouraging patients to help write and add notes to their personal medical charts -- a task typically handled only by medical professionals -- may help patients feel more involved with their own care ...