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The majority of VA Notes users agreed that accessing their notes will help them to do a better job of taking medications as prescribed (80.1%) and be better prepared for clinic visits (88.6%). Nine out of 10 users agreed that use of visit notes will help them understand their conditions better (91.8%), and better remember the plan for their care (91.9%). In contrast, 87% disagreed that VA Notes will make them worry more, and 88.4% disagreed that access to VA Notes will be more confusing than helpful. Users who had either contacted their provider or healthcare team (11.9%) or planned to (13.5%) primarily wanted to learn more about a health issue, medication, or test results (53.7%).<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Conclusions Initial assessment of the patient experience within the first 9\u2009months of availability provides evidence that patients both value and benefit from online access to clinical notes. These findings are congruent with OpenNotes study findings on a broader scale. Additional outreach and education is needed to enhance patient awareness. Healthcare professionals should author notes keeping in mind the opportunity patient access presents for enhanced communication.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/amiajnl-2014-003144","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,10,29]],"date-time":"2014-10-29T03:49:40Z","timestamp":1414554580000},"page":"380-389","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":112,"title":["VA OpenNotes: exploring the experiences of early patient adopters with access to clinical notes"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"22","author":[{"given":"Kim M","family":"Nazi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Veterans and Consumers Health Informatics Office, Office of Informatics &Analytics, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, USA"}]},{"given":"Carolyn L","family":"Turvey","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE) Center, Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa, USA"},{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA"}]},{"given":"Dawn M","family":"Klein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE) Center, Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa, USA"},{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA"}]},{"given":"Timothy P","family":"Hogan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR), A VA HSR&D Center of Innovation, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA"},{"name":"National eHealth QUERI Coordinating Center, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, eHealth Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, Bedford, Massachusetts, USA"},{"name":"Division of Health Informatics and Implementation Science, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA"}]},{"given":"Susan S","family":"Woods","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"VA Maine Healthcare System, Togus, Maine, USA"},{"name":"Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,10,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"2020110613005882400_R1","article-title":"U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. 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