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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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Toward a Model for Personal Health Record Interoperability

TL;DR: OmniPHR demonstrated the feasibility to provide interoperability through a standard ontology and artificial intelligence with natural language processing (NLP) with the possibility of subsidizing the creation of inferences rules about possible patient health problems or preventing future problems.
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Building a personal health record from a nursing perspective.

TL;DR: It would be a pioneer to demonstrate how nursing can be integrated in the Personal Health Record, and a way for nursing informatics to make a difference in health informatics is provided.
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Attribute-Based Hybrid Boolean Keyword Search over Outsourced Encrypted Data

TL;DR: This work proposes a searchable encryption primitive with attribute-based access control for hybrid boolean keyword search over outsourced encrypted data that is provably secure under the security model and has also implemented the prototype to show the practicality of the primitive.
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The Use of Cancer-Specific Patient-Centered Technologies Among Underserved Populations in the United States: Systematic Review.

TL;DR: It is found that cancer-specific patient-centered technologies seem to be effective, especially when tailored, in improving patient and care-related outcomes.
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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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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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