A Community View on How Personal Health Records Can Improve Patient Care and Outcomes in Many Healthcare Settings
Published by Northern Illinois University 2010
Abstract
The health information technology (HIT) industry is developing powerful tools that hold the potential to vastly improve the efficiency, effectiveness, quality and safety of medical care in the US. Personal health records (PHRs), whose access is controlled by individuals, is one of those HIT tools.
This series of essays provides perspectives about personal health records from thirty eight individuals with eleven different perspectives; Integrated Delivery System providers, pharmacists, academic providers, a private hospital administrator, a private practice physician, a long term care facility administrator, a federally qualified health center administrator, a nurse informatician who works for a PHR/chronic care management vendor, a healthcare consumer who manages his long term problems using a PHR, a rural healthcare provider and medical executives involved in employee benefits.
In addition to these eleven perspectives, we have included three technical essays; one regarding privacy and security of PHRs, one regarding technical aspects of linking PHRs electronically to electronic health records and one regarding the technical accessibility challenges unique to persons with disabilities
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