What is Personal Health Records...
Personal Health Record (PHR) is a record with information all about clinical data and your health, provide a complete and accurate summary of an individual's medical history which is accessible online.
"personal health record” is not new sound on the medical world. The earliest mention of the term was in since 57 years ago, on 1956 personal health record has been applied to paper-based for reference is made to a personal health log.
Personal Health Record (PHR) become to popular on 2000, most scientific articles written about PHRs have been published.
Technological advances bring PHR applied to computerized systems. Current usage usually implies an electronic application used to collect and store health data. And keep for easy reference using a computer. And allows you to fully control the health information in your PHR and can get to it anywhere at any time with Internet access. PHRs use secure technology to protect your information from being seen without permission.
It is important to note that PHRs are not the same as electronic health records (EHRs). The latter are software systems designed for use by health care providers. Like the data recorded in paper-based medical records, the data in EHRs are legally mandated notes on the care provided by clinicians to patients. There is no legal mandate that compels a consumer or patient to store her personal health information in a PHR.
