PHR Adoption on the Rise | Markle | Advancing America's Future
PHR Adoption on the Rise | Markle | Advancing America's Future

PHR Adoption on the Rise

Publication Date: January 31, 2011 | Back to Latest News

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Key Findings

  • 10 percent of the public surveyed report use of electronic personal health records (PHRs).
  • A similar proportion of doctors say they offer PHR tools to their patients.
  • Reported PHR use by the public is up from 3 percent found in Markle’s 2008 survey.

Observations

  • PHR adoption is trending upward.
  • A similar proportion of doctors say they offer PHR tools to their patients.
  • Of the people reporting use of a PHR in Markle’s 2010 study (n=159 of 1582 total sample), doctors/hospitals are the most common PHR supplier.

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