Personal Health Records

This post discusses the benefits of using an online system to allow patients to document their symptoms. The author would like to see this type of a feature made part of electronic personal health records.

Link:

http://labsoftnews.typepad.com/lab_soft_news/2007/12/reporting-cance.html

Link to story:

http://www.govhealthit.com/blogs/ghitnotebook/350140-1.html

Ted Eytan writes about his experience visiting with some patients. Personal health records and the uninsured are discussed.

Link:

http://www.pchit.org/2007/12/02/159/

Here’s a blog post about Kaiser Permanente’s personal health record HealthConnect. The news looks positive. There’s a link to a demonstration in the comments which might be interesting to watch.

One concern I have about institutional personal health record systems is if they are widening the gap between the have’s and have not’s when it comes to access to health care and health care resources in the United States. What is available for those individuals who aren’t lucky enough to work for a company that subscribes to a system that offers such comprehensive services as Kaiser Permanente? Sure they can use one of the free systems that are available, but how many of those have the ability to pull in information from providers, insurance, or pharmacies? It seems like yet another system is being created where those who have to work the most hours to make a living also have to work the hardest to keep track of their own information. What about the little guy?

Link to blog:

http://www.pchit.org/2007/11/29/154/

Here’s a blog entry regarding the effects of emerging technologies in the field of radiology. It refers to sharing radiology information possibly in systems like personal health records.

Link:

http://nicknoyes.blogspot.com/2007/11/rsna.html

Here’s a blog post from Richard Dale who is looking at different types of PHRs.

Link:

http://venturecyclist.blogspot.com/2007/11/personal-health-records.html

This is an interesting blog entry regarding consumer online health behavior. It links to a study regarding the topic.

Link:

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/11/24/
what-do-e-health-patients-do-online/

I saw this on Google Blog. It seems to be some kind of a search engine. I got an update on AARP position on personal health records. It looked like it had a couple interesting links.

Link:

http://www.micaheljones.com/
Aarp+position+on+personal+health+records.html

Intel, Microsoft, and Google will present a web seminar sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) on December 10, 2007.

Link:

http://www.informaticsinaction.com/default.asp

Link to article:

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/
healthvault_software_freedom_and_personal_health_records