The latest PHR (personal health record) has become available to people covered under UnitedHealthcare insurance policies. United Healthcare announced this month that it has developed the “Blue Button” tool so that people can download their personal information. With the click of a button on the website, one can access the tool. This will be open [...]
According to a study recently published in the Annals of Family Medicine, patients who utilize interactive PHR (personal health record) applications are much more apt to seek preventive care than those without implementing the PHR options. A 16-month clinical study at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Cancer Prevention and Control Program involving 4,500 patients at eight primary care [...]
As meaningful use gets bantered about and the bar is continually raised to have true interoperability between systems, the electronic capture of data for patient health is getting greater exchanges. Shahid Shah, a software analyst and The Healthcare IT Guy blogger, has outlined 12 steps for integration of the EHRs: 1. Single sign-on (SSO) using SAML [...]
Over the last 2 weeks, CMS (centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) issued the requirements for Stage 2 meaningful Ue and certification of electronic health records. The discussion about exchange of health information among systems and health facilities, laboratories and pharmacies is stressed, but not new. What is new and exciting is the realization and [...]
Google retires its Health program as of Jan.1,2012. This is sad, not just because we are losing a helpful program, but because of what it represents. Google misread the impetus for the American people to put their health records in a secure database system. Eventually this will happen. Why it has not happened yet maybe [...]
While it was exciting to see the formation of Google Health, made with all good intentions ( free to all those that participated), it is even more tragic to see it come to an end. Because the medical community has yet to incorporate personal health records into the electronic health system (and in many cases, [...]
Modern Healthcare, journal Health Affairs reports in a study where 700 doctors in 2008 and 2009 were asked about PHRs. Not only would usage of these systems be beneficial to the patients and create more eficiency in the practice, it would be a great medical marketing ploy or health marketing ploy. However, while 24% refused [...]
