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Managing Personal Health Information: an Action Agenda
Author: Wilson, Claire; Peterson, Anne
Source: U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
Publication Date: March 31, 2010
Key recommendations and an action agenda developed during a workshop convened by AHRQ in July 2009, entitled “Building Bridges: Consumer Needs and the Design of Health Information Technology."
Empowered Patient: Preparing for a New Patient Interaction
Author: Dimick, Chris
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: February 2010
The movement to give patients better access to and control of their health information is giving HIM a new customer: the patient. That requires a shift in both operations and culture.
HIM, MEET THE new patient.
While a simple release of information on paper might have once....
Family Physician Perceptions of Personal Health Records
Author: Witry, Matthew J.; Doucette, William R.; Daly, Jeanette M.; Levy, Barcey T.
Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management
Publication Date: January 2010
Abstract
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine family practice physician and staff views on the benefits of, barriers to, and use of personal health records (PHRs). Four focus groups were conducted at four family medicine practices in Iowa and included a total of 28 pr....
Dispute Resolution: Planning for Disputed Information in EHRS and PHRS
Author: Washington, Lydia; Katsh, Ethan; Sondheimer, Norman
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: November 2009
Healthcare providers receive relatively few patient requests to correct or change information in their records. In part, that has been because patients had poor access to their information. EHRs, PHRs, and private and public initiatives may change all that. Is healthcare ready?
A per....
Using Social Media to Promote the Use of a Personal Health Record (PHR) and the Management of Personal Health Information to Consumers
Author: Dolan, Marsha; Wolter, Julie
Source: AHIMA Convention
Publication Date: October 05, 2009
Definition of Social Media
Social media is the use of electronic and Internet tools for the purpose of sharing and discussing information and experiences with other human beings. When information is shared through the use these tools, conversation and interaction between groups of people....
The Consumer View of PHRs: Observational Study Finds Most Value PHRs, but Issues Remain
Author: Kelso, Loya; Walker, Ruth
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: October 2009
Much has been written on the importance of personal health records (PHRs), and many organizations offer them. But what do consumers think of the PHR concept? More importantly, what is the likelihood of them starting a PHR?
In 2008 an observational study attempted to determine the li....
Project HealthDesign: Rethinking the Power and Potential of Personal Health Records
Author: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Source: External web site
Publication Date: June 17, 2009
Healthcare Disparities and the Role of Personal Health Records
Author: Garvin, Jennifer Hornung; Odom-Wesley, Barbara; Rudman, William J.; Stewart, Rachelle S.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2009
The Institute of Medicine defines disparities in healthcare as racial or ethnic differences in the quality of healthcare that are not due to access-related factors or clinical needs preferences, and appropriateness of intervention.1 Geographic isolation, poverty, lack of trained healthcare....
Linking Medical Librarians and PHRs
Author: Sweet, David A.
Source: Journal of AHIMA
Publication Date: June 2009
Medical librarians are a key source of information on healthcare topics. Their role is expanding with the boom in personal health record (PHR) products. In May 2007 Jean Shipman, president of the Medical Library Association (MLA), and Donald Lindberg, MD, director of the National Library of Me....
Current State of PHRs
Author: AHIMA
Source: AHIMA practice brief
Publication Date: June 2009
This practice brief has been retired. It is made available for historical purposes only.
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