Description
The need for each individual to be involved in his/her own health care has never been more important. The Personal Health Record is a way of maintaining an individual’s own health records and can be done in a variety of ways, but the goal is a consumer-controlled PHR that would coordinate care and eliminate or reduce medical mistakes. Discuss the advantages and limitations of this technology.
Here are some resources to start you off:
o Project Health Design, a 3.5 million dollar project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
o American Health Information Management Association.
o There are many others. Also search in CINAHL.