PHR Conferences Archive

In 2004, the Personal Health Technology Initiative envisioned a future in which patients, consumers, and caregivers take an active role in their health and health care. The initiative promoted emerging technologies such as personal health records (PHRs) for their potential to transform the role of the health care consumer.

The PHR Conferences focused on how PHRs and similar technologies can connect to networks of health information, without sacrificing privacy that Americans hold dear. We must bring consumers to the table of a national discussion to make sure that personal health information technologies and networks evolve to support the goals of patient empowerment, privacy protection, and quality health care.

Conference Materials