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PHR Conferences Archive

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PHR Conferences

Transforming the Role of the Health Care Consumer

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

Survey Finds Americans Want Electronic Personal Health Information to Improve Own Health Care

November 1, 2006

Survey shows that consumers view personal health records as an important element in reducing medical errors and increasing quality of care. Consumers see key role for government in protecting privacy, setting guidelines for sharing data.

Attitudes of Americans Regarding Personal Health Records and Nationwide Electronic Health Information Exchange

October 11, 2005
More than 7 out of 10 Americans support the creation of a nationwide health information exchange or network for doctors and patients. They ...

Interactive Demonstrations for Connecting Americans to Their Health Care

October 11, 2005
Wendy Angst, from Cap Med; Gloria Austin, from Brown and Toland; C. Martin Harris, from The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; and Stephen Downs, ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR

Electronic Health Data Exchanges: Patient and Consumer Principles for System Design

October 11, 2005
Improving health and health care depends upon accurate, timely, understandable, and relevant information in the hands of consumers, patients ...

Connecting Americans to Their Health Care: User's Panel

October 11, 2005
David Lansky, from Markle Foundation; Mike Stocker, from Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield; Marc Pierson, from Peace Health; and Cynthia Solomon, ...

Connecting Americans to Their Health Care: Act Locally

October 11, 2005
Scott Young, from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Allison Rein, from National Consumers League; Holt Anderson, from North ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR, networks, patient engagement

Connecting Americans to Their Health Care: Think Nationally

October 11, 2005
David Lansky, from Markle Foundation; John Rother, from AARP, Kathleen Weldon, for Rep. Nancy Johnson; Andrea Palm, fpr Sen. Hillary Rodham ...
Categories: Health    Tags: consumers, EHR/PHR, patient engagement

Connecting Americans to Their Health Care: Creating Demand

October 11, 2005
Stuart Schear, from Markle Foundation; Bill McInturff, from Public Opinion Strategies; and Matt Handley, from Group Health Cooperative, discuss ...
Categories: Health    Tags: EHR/PHR, patient engagement

Americans Support Online Personal Health Records; Patient Privacy and Control Over Their Own Information Are Crucial to Acceptance

October 11, 2005
WASHINGTON, DC—The American public believes strongly that electronic medical records can make the difference between life and death in ...