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What are the reasons for establishing a personal health record?

Personal Health Records (PHR) are distinct electronic applications where the patient can enter their health information, record test results and see their medication history, etc.

This is done in a secure confidential online environment. As a connected part of the medical home, (see definition) the PHR becomes a tool that the provider can utilize to help

assess and manage their patients’ healthcare needs.

The Medical home

The medical home is best described as a model or philosophy of primary care that is patient-centered, comprehensive, team-based, coordinated, accessible, and focused on quality and safety. It has become a widely accepted model for how primary care …show more content…

(2013, May 2). What is a personal health record? | FAQs | Providers & Professionals | HealthIT.gov. Retrieved from https://www.healthit.gov/providers-professionals/faqs/what-personal-health-record

Health it .GOV. (2016, March 3). What is the importance of a personal health record (PHR)? | FAQs | Providers & Professionals | HealthIT.gov. Retrieved from https://www.healthit.gov/providers-professionals/faqs/what-are-benefits-personal-health-records

Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative. (2015). Defining the Medical Home | Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative. Retrieved from https://www.pcpcc.org/about/medical-home

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,, & HRSA. (2016). What is a medical home? Why is it important? Retrieved from http://www.hrsa.gov/healthit/toolbox/Childrenstoolbox/BuildingMedicalHome/whyimportant.html

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, & HRSA. (2016). How can providers use health IT to help create a medical home? Retrieved from

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