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.About:
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.read more
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Your doctor's office or the Internet? Two paths to personal health records.
Paul C. Tang,Thomas H. Lee +1 more
TL;DR: Two related but distinct options are emerging for electronic health records: the stand-alone personal health record (PHR) and the “integrated PHR”, which believe that integrated PHRs will play a major role in influencing health-related behaviors that are crucial to improving U.S. health.
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Embracing a Health Services Research Perspective on Personal Health Records: Lessons Learned from the VA My HealtheVet System
Kim M. Nazi,Timothy P. Hogan,Todd H. Wagner,Todd H. Wagner,D. Keith McInnes,Bridget Smith,Bridget Smith,David A. Haggstrom,Neale R. Chumbler,Neale R. Chumbler,Neale R. Chumbler,Allen L. Gifford,Allen L. Gifford,Kathleen G. Charters,Jason J. Saleem,Kenneth R. Weingardt,Kenneth R. Weingardt,Kenneth R. Weingardt,Linda Fischetti,Frances M. Weaver,Frances M. Weaver +20 more
TL;DR: An organizing framework and research agenda is described, and insights that have emerged from ongoing efforts regarding the design of PHR-related studies, the need to address PHR data ownership and consent, and the promotion of effective PHR research collaborations are offered.
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