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Electronic invitations alerting patients to signed notes stopped at GHS after year 1, creating a natural experiment to assess the impact of reminders. We used generalized linear models to measure whether notes were viewed within 30 days of availability.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results We identified 14\u2009360 patients (49\u2009271 visits); mean age 52.2; 57.8% female. In year 1, patients viewed 57.5% of their notes, and their interest in viewing notes persisted over time. In year 2, BIDMC patients viewed notes with similar frequency. In contrast, GHS patients viewed notes far less frequently, a change starting when invitations ceased (RR 0.29 [0.26\u20130.32]) and persisting to the end of the study (RR 0.20 [0.17\u20130.23]). A subanalysis of BIDMC patients revealed that black and other\/multiracial patients also continued to view notes, although they were overall less likely to view notes compared with whites (RR 0.75 [0.67\u20130.83] and 0.93 [0.89\u20130.98], respectively).<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Discussion As millions of patients nationwide increasingly gain access to clinicians\u2019 notes, explicit email invitations to review notes may be important for fostering patient engagement and patient-doctor communication.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Conclusion Note viewing persists when accompanied by email alerts, but may decline substantially in their absence. Non-white patients at BIDMC viewed notes less frequently than whites, although their interest also persisted.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/jamia\/ocv167","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,8,25]],"date-time":"2016-08-25T06:43:41Z","timestamp":1472107421000},"page":"951-955","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["Patients learning to read their doctors\u2019 notes: the importance of reminders"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"John N","family":"Mafi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA"},{"name":"RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA"},{"name":"Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA"}]},{"given":"Roanne","family":"Mejilla","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of General Medicine and Primary 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