Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Medical History Medical Encounters Orders and Prescriptions Progress Notes Test Results
Medical Records
Pros
Give patients access/empowerment Emergency/Mobile PHRs Reduces time for Dr. office Long term health record Proxy use Research
Cons
Privacy, security, guardianship User/Provider acceptance Workload/Renumeration/Obligation Portability Editing Patient misinterpretation Patient/Dr relationship Hardware, software, system issues Ease of use/ Quality Profit driven/Cost
Whats Next?
US patients want E.H.R. Integrated PHR Virtual Dr/AI Home health care systems
Resources
Personal Health Records http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/personalhealthrecords.h tml Personal Health Record (PHR) Systems: An Evolving Challenge to EHR Systems http://www.hoise.com/vmw/07/articles/vmw/LV-VM-08-0726.html Managing your health information online http://www.medicare.gov/(X(1)S(qh0hbkald011z455q0pbhpzt ))/navigation/manage-your-health/personal-healthrecords/personal-health-recordsoverview.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 Family physicians perspectives on personal health records http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3093606/?tool =pubmed An introduction to PHR http://www.aafp.org/fpm/2006/0500/p57.html