Personal health records a guide for clinicians

• Main Author: Al-Ubaydli, Mohammad 1976- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK Wiley-Blackwell/BMJ Books 2011
• Subjects: Medical Records Systems, Computerized > organization & administration; Forms and Records Control > methods; Patient Access to Records; Communication; Physician-Patient Relations
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Patient-controlled personal health records are the key to successful interaction between physician and patient. They form the core for joined-up communication throughout health organizations. Still, the very name is capable of alarming both patient and doctor. Are they reliable? Are they complete? A...

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements.
• Foreword.
• Introduction.
• What is a PHR.
• Part I Your Patients.
• Sharing data with your patients.
• Protecting your patient's privacy.
• Patient communities.
• Part II Your work.
• PHRs and clinical teams.
• Educating patients.
• Saving time in your clinic.
• Part III Your practice.
• Technology.
• Law.
• Finance.
• The Future.
• The Future.
• Appendix.
• Google Health.
• Microsoft HealthVault.