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Getting to the Good Information: PHRs and Consumer Health Informatics
Author: Campbell, Robert James
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2005
Linking PHRs and provider Web sites can connect consumers to relevant and reliable health information online. HIM professionals can help.
Each day more and more consumers are using the Internet to locate Web-based healthcare information. This activity has led to the rise of a new field o....
Patient to Partner: Will PHRs Change the Physician-Patient Relationship?
Author: Hagland, Mark
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2005
The PHR represents more than a consumer-managed health history. It’s a new way to see the consumer’s role in healthcare.
Sheryl Rose, RHIT, an assistant manager of HIM at Valley Hospital Medical Center in Spokane, WA, recently switched physicians. Following her first appointme....
PHR and EHR: What's the Difference? Records Differ in Span and Legality
Author: Mon, Donald T.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2005
While the personal health record (PHR) is growing in recognition and PHR products are beginning to fill the marketplace, there are still many questions surrounding how the PHR interacts with an electronic health record (EHR). This article will attempt to answer some of those questions.
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HIM Service with a Smile
Author: Goethals, Colleen
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2005
As HIM professionals we encourage consumers to maintain personal health records. Are we ready to help them do it? Here’s a quick refresher on good customer service in the HIM department.
AHIMA’s Consumer Education Campaign encourages consumers to create and maintain their own....
Health Records for the People: Touting the Benefits of the Consumer-based Personal Health Record
Author: Wolter, Julie; Friedman, Beth
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2005
Consumers who maintain personal records of their health history help bring comprehensive information to the point of care. And they have the potential to be more actively involved in their health.
Consider the following scenario. A patient is visiting a cardiologist for the first time.....
Greater Urgency, Sharper Focus for PHRs
Author: Kloss, Linda L
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2005
Through its request for information, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) showed that it was exploring how its extensive claims and benefits data could be of value to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and how, as the single largest healthcare purchaser in the US, it could he....
But What Does the Public Think?: For Consumers to Adopt PHRs, They Need Reasons That Hit Home
Author: Morrissey, John
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2005
The industry knows why PHRs are good for the public. And the public knows, too. But are the reasons the same?
HIM professionals know medical records inside and out. It’s second nature for them to know how such records influence and direct the care of patients and how lack of thorou....
Educating the Public about Personal Health Records
Author: Burrington-Brown, Jill; Friedman, Beth
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2005
AHIMA’s Community Education Campaign for personal health records (PHRs) is in full swing, and the response among AHIMA members has been enthusiastic. Demand for the campaign’s training programs has been so high that several states have waiting lists of those who want to be trained.....
Image Marketing: Putting a Face on HIM
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA Advantage
Publication Date: October 2005
A new fall television season has begun, and it's filled with the usual fearless crime investigators, efficient emergency room doctors, and gritty defense lawyers. But HIM flies under the public's radar and in many respects is harder to define than "finds the bad guys," "saves lives" or "defends....
Practice Toolkit: Occupational Health
Author: Jacobs, Ellen B.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: September 2005
Much has been written about the benefits of the personal health record (PHR) for patients, providers, and the public. However, employers have received less attention in the PHR literature. Employers have a great interest in keeping their employees healthy. Healthy employees cost less to insure....
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