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....

Author: Studeny, Jana; Coustasse, Alberto

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: July 2014

Abstract


The establishment of the Meaningful Use criteria has created a critical need for robust interoperability of health records. A universal definition of a personal health record (PHR) has not been agreed upon. Standardized code sets have been built for specific entities, but....

Author: Srinivasan, Anil

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: January 2006

As Web-based personal health record (PHR) systems grow in popularity, it is important that they be managed and maintained responsibly. Online PHRs must provide the same security and privacy controls required of other electronic systems that handle personal health information. This article pres....

Author: Sprague, Lisa

Source: External web site

Publication Date: November 30, 2006

Issue Brief no. 820 from the National Health Policy Forum at the George Washington University.

Author: Smolij, Kamila; Dun, Kim

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: December 2006

Author: Smith, Clarice Pittillo

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: March 2006

Personal health records (PHRs) are a primary piece of the growing consumer empowerment movement in healthcare. Many consumers already maintain paper copies of their medical information in personal files at home. But as more of their information becomes digital in their providers' offices, the....

Author: Sembritzki, Juergen

Source: IFHRO Congress | AHIMA Convention

Publication Date: October 15, 2004

Introduction

Several European countries already have nationwide card systems in place, some even containing medical data. Some of those which are merely administrative are going to be replaced during the coming years, for example, in Germany.
The only health card project funded cu....

Author: Seidman, Joshua J; Eytan, Ted; California HealthCare Foundation

Source: External web site

Publication Date: June 10, 2008

Author: Seidman, Joshua J

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2009

Getting a return on health IT investment will require that patients receive information that helps them improve their health.

At a late February government affairs retreat of the eHealth Initiative (eHI), shortly after the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA),....

Author: Rodriguez, Margarita Morales; Casper, Gail; Brennan, Patricia Flatley

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: April 2007

Engaging consumers in the design and evaluation of personal health records helps develop tools they’ll use.
Consumers have available to them a wide range of personal health information management tools, often called personal health records or PHRs. The variety and quality of inf....