Medical chart notes have moved from the cloistered purview of clinicians into the age of transparency.  The availability of electronic medical records and the enactment of federal regulations in the United States have combined to make documentation more easily accessible to patients.  The writing of clinical notes, however, has not kept pace with modern expectations. Chart notes have traditionally been thought to serve the purpose of good medical communication, itself a task not always performed with success.  Now, however, the ability of patients to read their own notes has brought to light the often-ignored responsibilities of also conveying humanity, withholding judgment, and being patient-centered.  Many charting practices common in clinical medicine are now outdated as clinicians have reconsidered how to write notes that patients will be reading. weiterlesen