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Personal health records

A personal health record (PHR) is an electronic application that allows patients to maintain and manage their health information privately. A PHR contains a patient's medical history and health data, such as lab results, that can be accessed online. PHRs can be paper-based, computer-based, web-based, or accessible through portable devices. PHRs provide benefits like improving patient engagement, coordinating information from multiple healthcare providers, ensuring information is available during emergencies, reducing administrative costs, encouraging family health management, enhancing patient-provider communication, and allowing patients to track and manage their health.

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PERSONAL HEALTH RECORDS
What is PHR • A Personal Health Record ( PHR ) is an electronic application used by patients to maintain and manage their health information in a private, secure, and confidential environment. • It is operated by institutions (such as hospitals) and contains data entered by clinicians or billing data to support insurance claims. • The intention of a PHR is to provide a complete and accurate summary of an individual's medical history which is accessible online. • The health data on a PHR might include patient-reported outcome data, lab results, data from devices such as wireless electronic weighing scales or collected passively from a smartphone.
Delivery Platforms • Paper based • PC-based • Web-based • Portable Devices
What would people do with a PHR • Email their doctor • Track immunizations • Note mistakes in their record • Transfer information to the new doctor • Receive and track their test results
SMART Patient • Self assured • Motivated • Aware • Resourceful • Talented
Benefits of PHR • Improve Patient Engagement • Coordinate and combine information from multiple providers • Helps to ensure that patient information is available • Reduces administration cost • Encourages family health management • Enhance patient communication • Track and assess your health • Make the most of a doctor’s visit • Manage your health between visits
Improve Patient Engagement
Much of what your patients do for their health happens outside clinical settings. When your patients can track their health over time and have information and tools to manage their health, they can be more engaged in their health and health care.
Coordinate and Combine PHRs can promote better health care by helping your patients manage information from various providers and improve care coordination.
Availability of Patient Information
Online PHRs can ensure your patients’ information is available in emergencies and when your patients are traveling.
Reduces Administration Cost
Your organization can reduce administrative costs by using a PHR to provide patients with easy access to electronic prescription refill and appointment scheduling applications. With PHRs, your staff can spend less time searching for patient- requested information and responding to patient questions.
Family Health Management
Having a system for tracking and updating health care information can help caregivers, such as those caring for • young children • elderly parents • Spouses to manage their patients’ care and coordinate with you to improve health care quality.
Enhance Patient Communication Many PHRs allow direct, secure communication between patients and providers. PHRs can make communicating with your patients faster and easier. With open lines of communication, you can be informed and intervened earlier if health problems arise. This improves the provider – patient relationship.
Track and Assess your health
Record and track your progress toward your health goals, such as – • lowering your cholesterol level
Make the most of Doctor Visits
Be ready with questions for your doctor and information you want to share, such as blood pressure readings since your last visit.
Manage your Health
Upload and analyse data from home-monitoring devices such as a blood pressure cuff. Remind yourself of your doctor's instructions from your last appointment.