Concepts for a personal health record

Healthcare is about information. It is usually assumed that personal health information exists primarily for professional's use but well informed patients motivate better informed professionals. A longitudinal health record containing a patient's medical history has been the holy grail of...

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Main Author: Santos, Cândido (author)
Other Authors: Pedrosa, Tiago (author), Costa, Carlos Manuel Azevedo (author), Oliveira, José Luís (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Personal health information (PHI)
PHI management
Personal health records
Electronic health records
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10198/10474
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/10474
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Summary:Healthcare is about information. It is usually assumed that personal health information exists primarily for professional's use but well informed patients motivate better informed professionals. A longitudinal health record containing a patient's medical history has been the holy grail of healthcare. Personal Electronic Health Records (P-EHR) hold the potential to transform healthcare by providing a complete set of patient managed information. We present a portable P-EHR's functionalities from the patient's perspective.

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