Use of Patient-Authored Prehistory to Improve Patient Experiences and Accommodate Federal Law.

Context: Although federal law grants patients the right to view and amend their medical records, few studies have proposed a process for patients to coauthor their subjective history in their medical record. Allowing patients to fully disclose and document their medical history is an important step to improve the diagnostic process.

Objective: To evaluate patients' office experience before and after they authored their subjective medical history for the electronic health record.