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Personal Health Records: Definitions, Benefits, and Strategies for Overcoming Barriers to Adoption

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Personal health record (PHR) systems are more than just static repositories for patient data; they combine data, knowledge, and software tools, which help patients to become active participants in their own care as discussed by the authors.
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This article is published in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.The article was published on 2006-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1272 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Health informatics.

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eHealth in Egypt: The demand-side perspective of implementing electronic health records

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a study that sheds light on the expected factors that would impact the adoption of the Electronic Health Records (EHR) service in Egypt from the demand-side perspective, i.e. the healthcare consumer's standpoint.
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Guest editorial: compelling issues in telemedicine.

TL;DR: A better understanding of the potential roles and policy for telemedicine is needed in facilitating the development of integrated, efficient, and effective patient-centered care systems, chronic disease management, and clinical outreach, as well as prevention and wellness programs.
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Utility, Value, and Benefits of Contemporary Personal Health Records: Integrative Review and Conceptual Synthesis

TL;DR: A high-level functional utility model of PHR features and functions is offered and a consumer value framework of PHRs is conceptualized, highlighting the applications of these technologies across various health care delivery activities.
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Quality measurement and system change of cancer care delivery

TL;DR: Across all of these developments, leadership and ongoing research to guide informed system changes will be necessary to transform the cancer care delivery system.
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Comparison and Analysis of ISO/IEEE 11073, IHE PCD-01, and HL7 FHIR Messages for Personal Health Devices

TL;DR: ISO/IEEE 11073 standards are suitable for devices having very small computing power and IHE PCD-01 and HL7 DoF messages can be used for the devices that need to be connected to hospital information systems that require patient information.
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Adverse Drug Events in Ambulatory Care

TL;DR: Improving communication between outpatients and providers may help prevent adverse events related to drugs, and many are preventable or ameliorable.
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The value of health care information exchange and interoperability.

TL;DR: In this paper, the value of electronic health care information exchange and interoperability (HIEI) between providers and independent laboratories, radiology centers, pharmacies, payers, public health departments, and other providers is assessed.
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Promoting health literacy.

TL;DR: This report reviews some of the extensive literature in health literacy, much of it focused on the intersection of low literacy and the understanding of basic health care information, and describes methods for assessing health literacy as well as methods for assessing the readability of texts.
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The Missing Link: Bridging The Patient–Provider Health Information Gap

TL;DR: Personal health records (PHRs) might allow patients and providers to develop new ways of collaborating and provide the basis for broader transformation of the health care system.
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Physicians And Ambulatory Electronic Health Records

TL;DR: Few U.S. physicians use outpatient electronic health records (EHRs), although it appears that most would like to begin, and the key initial policy changes will be those addressing financial incentives and interoperability.
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