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Revision as of 21:12, 13 September 2011
A personal health record (PHR) is an internet-based electronic medical record that allows consumers complete access to their medications, appointment history, test results, etc. [1] [2]
Contents
Personal health record (PHR)
Standards based
Integration of EMRs and PHRs
PHR-Information Types, Functions, and Attributes
PHR-Information Types, Functions, and Attributes
Patient entered data
Benefits of Tethered PHR
PHR 2.0
Personal Health Records are private, however, society’s willingness to share information can lead to patient empowerment and knowledge. Personal Health Record 2.0, as postulated by Gunther Eysenbach [3] , is grounded in the belief that users freely share pertinent data with other users. Certain sections are available for a controlled set of users or the public as a whole to see. That data can then be combined and shared with a tethered EHR. There is an enhanced ability to learn and thus be empowered. Eysenbach feels this is a disruptive concept and is not without a large measure of risk [4].
An example of the PHR 2.0 concept is PatientsLikeMe.com [5]. PatientsLikeMe was created as an attempt to find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and was based on the idea that if patients are allowed to share their data with each other, better approaches to treatment could be achieved. PatientsLikeMe is the largest database of ALS patients to date, and has partnered with a company called 23andMe, Inc. to create a "genetics search engine" for the ALS community. This allows patients with ALS to share genetic information. A data intensive social network such as this can be incorporated into Eysenbach’s concept of the PHR 2.0.
