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Leslie Kernisan, MD, MPH, is a practicing geriatrician in San Francisco with a particular interest in community-dwelling among the elderly and in supporting family caregivers. Dr. Kernisan is also Senior Medical Editor at Caring.com, a leading website for those caring for aging loved ones, and is a clinical instructor in the division of geriatrics at UCSF. Her research has been published in JAMA and the Journal for Medical Internet Research. You can read more from Dr. Kernisan on her blog, GeriTech, and follow her on Twitter at @GeriTechBlog


Six Awkward Concerns in My OpenNotes

Leslie Kernisan | March 25, 2013
I find myself relieved that I don’t have to figure out how to document (or not document?) concerns [in patient records]...Wondering what they are? Ok, I will tell you, but shhh...don’t tell my elderly patients that I may be considering these topics as I care for them.