Impact of Patient Online Record Access on Documentation: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Online record access (ORA) is being increasingly implemented internationally. Despite reported benefits for patients, health care professionals (HCPs) have raised concerns about potential disadvantages. To date, no review has examined the empirical evidence on whether and how documentation changes following the introduction of patients' ORA.

Objective

This scoping review aimed to examine potential subjective and objective changes in HCPs' documentation after using patients' ORA.

Methods

A scoping review was conducted using a methodological framework for scoping reviews and data from 4 electronic databases. Studies examining objective and subjective changes in clinical documentation following the implementation of ORA, specifically those related to actual us

SUBMITTER: Meier-Diedrich E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11888084 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature