Although several factors have hindered widespread adoption of personal health records, experts say PHR use could increase as more physicians transition from paper-based systems to electronic health records, Computerworld reports.
[This article was published in the June 2011 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org) ] EHR and PHRs will be accessible from anywhere and at any time thanks to Cloud Computing 3.0
Harbir Sawhney, General Manager of Health-IT division of Wipro, shares his perspectives on the health IT scenario and Wipro’s initiatives in this space.
[This article was published in the March 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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The standardisation of Personal Health Records (PHRs) received a boost with the international healthcare IT standards body, Health Level Seven (HL7) publishing a Personal Health Record System Functional Model (PHR-S FM) as a draft standard for trial use.
Two new pilots are underway to offer pharmacy personal health records (PHRs) in Germany. Both are based on a PHR including details of current medication and offer patients the potential to offer prescription ordering online.
