Ball Marion J, Smith Carla, Bakalar Richard S
IBM Center for Healthcare Management, USA.
J Healthc Inf Manag. 2007 Winter;21(1):76-86.
By empowering consumers, electronic personal health records (ePHRs, more commonly PHRs) will play a key role in the evolving electronically enabled health information environment. Consumers want to be more engaged in their own healthcare and are seeking out information online. Despite intense concerns about confidentiality and security, they have high expectations for electronic health information. The growth of patient self-management tools for remote monitoring will fuel PHR adoption, if tools and standards are developed that make clinical information understandable to and usable by consumers. The value of the PHR will lie in shared information and shared decision-making, as its components support the continuity of care. Efforts in other countries can provide guidance in helping Americans do what they do best-develop and use innovative technology to serve the American people.
通过赋予消费者权力，电子个人健康记录（ePHR，更常见的是PHR）将在不断发展的电子健康信息环境中发挥关键作用。消费者希望更多地参与自身医疗保健并在网上查找信息。尽管对保密性和安全性深感担忧，但他们对电子健康信息寄予厚望。如果开发出能让消费者理解并使用临床信息的工具和标准，用于远程监测的患者自我管理工具的增长将推动PHR的采用。PHR的价值将在于共享信息和共同决策，因为其组成部分支持医疗服务的连续性。其他国家的努力可为帮助美国人做他们最擅长之事——开发和使用创新技术服务美国人民——提供指导。
