Patient access to medical records on a psychiatric inpatient unit



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Am J Psychiatry 1979; 136:327-329
Copyright © 1979 by American Psychiatric Association

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Patient access to medical records on a psychiatric inpatient unit

EJ Stein, RL Furedy, MJ Simonton and CH Neuffer

The authors studied the effects of patient access to medical records during hospitalization in a psychiatric unit of a community general hospital. Questionnaires were completed by about 20 staff and 88 patients, and records were compared with those from an earlier period to note any changes in the written record. Patients reported feeling better informed and more involved in their treatment, and staff said that they became more thoughtful about their notes in the chart. The availability of staff seems crucial to this process and facilitates the working alliance.

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