The article reviews several small-scale studies regarding the effects of promoting patient access to medical records. The authors of the article conclude that allowing patient access and request for amendments to medical records provides only " modest improvements in doctor-patient communication, adherence, patient empowerment, and patient education." Id. Do you think only "modest improvements" are worth the time, effort and potential negative impact that patient access, review and requests for amendments can have on the patient and overall physician/patient relationship? Specifically, do you think those modest improvements are worth the noted negative impact on psychiatric patients after review of their records? Do you think HIPAA's rules regarding access/review/requests for amendments of records should exclude psychiatric records? Why or why not? Thoughts?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC150366/

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