Question

1. You are a patient who wants to begin using a PHR. Using a search engine of your choice, research the various PHRs available from both free and subscription services. Compare and contrast the various PHRs for their features and ease of use. Select three PHRs and write a three-to four-page paper comparing the selections. After careful analysis, make a recommendation of a PHR that best fits your needs. 3 44 B 1 :S E N

Answer 1

Online personal Health Record(PHR) tool to communicate with patient doctors, reviewing lab and test results, scheduling appointments, check for drug interactions and increase communication with providers and renewing prescription from home. There is a sign in name and password to make this system safe. PHR is stress out managing service for children's health care services. It is easy to access to respond from paper-based documents and being in a waiting room to look for the doctor. There are several options to choose PHR that should be managed by the patient.
Free PHR is a payer or insurance-based PHR hosted by payer.many health insurance companies have some PHR as part of their service and some provided by the employer. EHR is an electronic health record as a third class PHR add on physician office tied into a specific set of care.
The enterprise PHR can be seen by the patient and access to their records anywhere with network access. there are some privacy and security issues many people stopped this service. federal and state laws protect patient privacy so many consumers concerned about PHR. PHR make advantages for patients' privacy, accuracy, reliability, and speed due to a lack of patient interest and motivation for using this system. AHIMA provides patients to use PHR online and transmit health information. PHR and EHR in organization and patient portal is a very familiar component. PHR values more interaction with the patient in the health system. PHR helps people to control their health care.
Standalone personal health record stores information in the patient system or computer, it accepts data from external sources like lab and providers including patient diet, exercise, medication to track their progress. In this PHR patients can decide themselves share the information with others including providers.
Tethered PHR it has a link with health care organization EHR system, in this PHR patient can view their information through a secure portal.
PHR should involve the patient to actively involve in their own health care. when PHR connected with EHR it provides more benefits than a standalone system for patients. because it has a secure portal. PHR and EHR related to security, privacy, and authentication, it increases patient -providers relationships when integrated with the EHR system.