Eating your veggies? Thumbs up. With computerized records and messaging through patient portals, some doctors have traded their infamous chicken scratch handwriting for easier-to-decipher ...

What does your doctor really think about your condition and health concerns? For more than a year now, patients have been able to access and read the observations doctors write down about them during ...

Did you know that as of April 2021, all patients have electronic access to their doctors’ notes from medical appointments? This increased access to information is aimed at improving patient care, as ...

Let's say you request your doctor's notes from a recent visit, and in it, you see terms like “imp,” “po,” “F/U” and “OD.” Feeling insulted? Don't be. These terms are shorthand for medical terminology: ...

One Middle Tennessee school districtwill no longer accept doctor's notes to excuse student absences. Lawrence County School System officials announced the new attendance policy during a June 26 board ...

A college student was left scratching his head after an important doctor's note he needed to sort his accommodation for next year came through in bafflingly broken English. Your college years might ...