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Online PHR Systems Making Healthy Living Easy
May 16, 2010 Version: 1.0 Nivedita Nair, Software Engineer & UI Designer @ Schogini Systems,nivedita@schogini.in
Online Personal Health Record Systems
People tend to invest a lot of money performing various tests likelipid profiles, blood sugar counts etc. Once this is done, these testresults are mostly stored away in notebooks, files or folders. In somecases they may be accidentally misplaced. When faced with anemergency this information is not readily available. In theunexpected situation of a calamity like a road accident or a naturaldisaster this information filed away in paper and stored in boxes isnot very helpful. Also lack of these test results and medicalinformation can make it difficult for doctors to assess accurately themedical track record or medical history of the patient. Understandingthe extent to which a patients' health has improved or degraded overtime will require complete and up-to-date medical health informationrecords. This is where the role of Internet-based Personal HealthRecord comes in. Being the communication hub of the world, storingPersonal Records online is the safest and most efficient option today.Online Personal Health Records ensure that sensitive personalinformation is stored in a secure and rapidly retrievable manner. Thisin turn aids individuals and other health care professionals in makingwell-informed decisions. An online PHR can contain information fromseveral sources, for instance, doctors, laboratories and pharmacies.This ensures accuracy and usefulness. The PHR will contain relevantinformation from the patient regarding allergy history, family history,and social history. Past diagnosis, medications and treatmentsundergone can all be updated in the PHR. Online PHR systemsencourages medical experts from around the world to activelyparticipate and diagnose patients remotely. Medical practitioners canshare ideas and experiences over the Internet and their collectiveintelligence can be put to use in the treatment of patients.
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http://watchmyhealth.comis an example of such a system createdby Schogini Systems (http://s chogini.in)
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we can see the test results stored chronologically.
At any given point in time, a well formatted health summary reportprovides detailed information about a persons' state of health. To betruly useful, a PHR must be available whenever you may need itincluding those times when you are least likely to be prepared.Maintaining a PHR with an Internet-based service like those found atGoogle Health have many advantages when compared to the typicalpaper-based collection of records. An Internet-based PHR ispassword protected, accessed from any place where the Internet isavailable and can be easily copied or distributed with a few mouse
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clicks. An on-line personal health record is the perfect solution to theproblem of always having your PHR accessible. This will also increasethe odds of always making well informed decisions and not having tomemorize medical histories when visiting a new doctors office.
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we can see the summary report.
When comparing the Internet-based stand-alone PHR servicesavailable online like Google Health, with Internet based "integratedPHR systems" of a physician the latter appears to be a better medicaloption. An integrated PHR will simply act as an extension of aphysician's online Electronic Health Records System (EHR). It aids infostering better patient-physician relationships that can lead to verypositive outcomes of lowering the cost of medical treatment. Emailinteraction is possible and encouraged between patients andphysicians reducing the need to make frequent in-house visits.Whenever an individual enters test results into the system thephysician is automatically alerted, who then makes changes to themonitoring/ treatment strategy as required. This enhances thequality of health care. Along with maintaining secure online medicalinformation, these integrated PHR systems also provide someadditional related features:
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