WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: November 1, 2012 Featuring: Tom Delbanco, MD, Richard and Florence Koplow–James Tullis Professor of General Medicine and Primary Care, Harvard Medical School Robert D. Harrington, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Washington; Medical Director, Harborview Medical Center HIV clinic; Associate Section Chief of Infectious Diseases, Harborview Medical Center Richard Martin, MD, FAAFP, Department Director of Community Practice Service Lines (CPSL), Scranton and Monroe Counties; Director of Care Continuum, Geisinger Health System Michael Meltsner, AB, JD, Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA Some changes in medicine are easier to contemplate than others. For a long time the notion that patients should be able to view what doctors write about them, following a visit, was unthinkable. It was a kind of “patient don’t ask, doctor don’t tell” policy. However, the growth of electronic health records, increased pressure for transparency, a