Free-standing PHRs and Stage 2 Meaningful Use
The Emergence of External PHRs Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD In the upcoming year, Electronic Health Record companies will be challenged to enhance their products…
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NeHC Releases Patient Engagement Framework
Model Supports Patient Engagement Strategies in Health IT National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) is a public-private partnership with a mission to advance the secure and interoperable exchange…
ONC Tiger Team Hosts Hearing on Patient Credentialing
Web Hearing Addresses Patient Engagement in Stage 2 MU To meet Stage 2 meaningful use requirements providers will need to give their patients the ability to…
Pew Research Releases 2012 Mobile Health Report
Half of Smartphone Owners Use Phones to Search for Health Information The Pew Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects comprising the…
Patient Engagement in Health IT: The New Frontier
Do doctors resist health information exchange with patients? Robert Rowley, MD Twitter: @RRowleyMD Health technology tools are rapidly emerging, a swirling rising tide of products…
New Study Shows e-Health Literacy Impacts PHR Adoption
e-Health Literacy Linked to Use of PHRs The AHIMA Foundation is a non-profit affiliation of AHIMA with a mission to provide resources to support innovation in…
PHR as a Patient Engagement Tool: Moving Beyond EHR Connected Portals
PHRs: what problem are we trying to solve? Robert Rowley, MD, Healthcare and health IT consultant, practicing family physician Twitter: @RRowleyMD “Patient engagement” is one…
ONC Announces Blue Button Mash Up Challenge Winners
Blue Button Mash Up Challenge Winners On Monday this week the ONC announced the winners of two Blue Button Mash Up Challenges designed to improve…
AHIMA Debuts Consumer PHR Guide
New Consumer Guide Increases Awareness About PHRs According to InformationWeek, only around 10% of patients use Personal Health Records (PHR). This is often simply because…