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Description: 

"This session will introduce Open Notes, the ability of care recipients to access their medical records in real time, and provide an opportunity to reflect with a multidisciplinary panel on how it might change our provision of competent, compassionate care throughout Baystate Health."

Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1|  Describe what Open Notes is, why it is necessary, and how it is understood to benefit patient care;

2| Articulate how providers  might adjust their conversations and documentation in light of Open Notes;

3| Describe some of the particularly challenging issues including "bad news", Maternal, Adolescent and Pediatric notes; and

4| Share ways that Baystate Health can enhance compassionate care for all patients and families with judicious use of Open Notes."

Faculty

Stephen Ryzewicz, MD, FACP, DFASAM
Academic Hospitalist
Baystate Medical Center

Marcus McCullough
Interfaith Chaplin
Baystate Medical Center

Panelists: 

Ann-Kristin U. Friedrich, MD
Department of Surgery Section of Breast Surgery
University of Massachusetts Baystate

Barry M. Rodstein, MD, MPH, MA
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Baystate Medical Center

Ute Schmidt
Manager, Spiritual Services

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Physicians
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.  Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hour(s).  Nurses should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team and learners will receive 1.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.