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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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Design opportunities for supporting patient information needs during an emergency visit

TL;DR: This work describes the three types of information wanted by patients: medicine-related, ED care process-driven, and care plan-oriented, and identifies key design opportunities for pervasive computing technology to support patients during a short-term hospital stay.

Improving EHR and patient empowerment based on dynamic knowledge assets

TL;DR: This work proposes the enrichment of these records with data from Person al Health Records as well as data from a patient care social network, for supporting this conceptual approach and sustaining long-term healthcare.
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Designing for the Invincible: Health Engagement and Information Management

TL;DR: A case study of PHR introduction and adoption on a large university campus is reported, to engage students in their health through a user-centered (re)design of a PHR.
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Conducting an Integrative Health Interview.

TL;DR: A group of Complementary and Alternative Practice in Allergy Committee members and interprofessional collaborators reviewed the existing literature to locate IH history forms that could assist in identifying patients' IH use and created 3 templates for the systematic collection and documentation of IH practices.
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Sharing Data and Medical Records

TL;DR: This chapter gives an overview of the increasing social, ethical, economical and industrial challenges, as well as technical aspects of health information exchange and nationwide experiments in Europe and United States.
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Adverse Drug Events in Ambulatory Care

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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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