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Directions: Read the following text and fill each of the numbered spaces with one suitable word. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Some doctors are taking an unusual new approach to communicate better with patients—they are letting (31) ______ read the notes that physicians normally share only with each other.
After meeting with patients, doctors typically jot (32)______ notes on a range of topics, from musings about possible diagnoses to observations about (33) ______ a patient is getting along with a spouse. The notes are used to justify the bill; and may be audited. But the main idea is to have a written record (34) ______ insights into the patient’s condition for the next visit or for (35) ______ doctors to see.
A study currently under way, (36) ______ the OpenNotes project, is looking at what happens (37) ______ doctors’ notes become available for a patient to read, usually (38) ______ electronic medical records. In a report on the early (39) ______ of the study, published Tuesday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers say that inviting patients to review the (40) ______ can improve patients understanding of their own health and (41) ______ them to stick to their treatment regimens (42) ______ closely.
But researchers (43) ______ point to possible downsides: Patients may panic if their doctor speculates (44) ______ writing about cancer or heart disease, (45) ______ to a flood of follow-up calls and emails. And doctors say they worry that some medical terms can be taken the (46) ______ way by patients. For instance, (47) ______ phrase “the patient appears SOB” (48) ______ to shortness of breath, not a derogatory designation. And OD is short for oculus dexter, or right eye, (49) ______ for overdose.
Medical providers have been stepping up efforts to improve doctor-patient communication, in part (50) ______ studies show it can result in better patient outcomes. The introduction of electronic medical records in recent years has helped to achieve that.


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