This blog serves as an online journal for my end-of-medical-school research project on Portable Health Records. The intent is to make it possible for anybody with a computer, fifteen dollars, and a little bit of initiative to create a portable electronic health record for themselves or a loved one.
If you are interested in the history, politics, and just plain chaos surrounding the topic of Electronic Health Records, you will find postings here that may answer some questions for you and help you to pose others. No offense if you are not interested in these details--I myself find some of it quite mindboggling, if not down right frustrating. However, if you ARE interested, I very much welcome your comments and opinions and hope that perhaps some worthwhile exchanges might be sparked here.
If you are interested primarily in creating a Portable Electronic Health Record, skip the history and start with the entry "Create your own record: begin here."
And now, for the disclaimer part of this post, which I hate having to include: the information contained on this site is for educational purposes. Although I would be thrilled if you read through it and decide to try the project for yourself by assembling a portable health record for yourself or a loved one, I can take no responsibility for how you use it or what might happen if you lose it. For many people, the benefit of having this data available in an emergency will far outweigh the risk of losing it or having it stolen. However, you should carefully weigh for yourself where you stand on this risk spectrum and remember that ultimately, this data is yours, and you should do everything possible to protect it.
Happy Hunting,
Laura
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Laura,
I have read through your blog and congratulations on taking the initiative to tackle the subject of PHR's. As a physician (and hence former medical student "ages" ago), I can see the hard work and effort that goes into initiating a blog such as this. As founder & CEO of PassportMD, Inc...(http://www.PassportMD.com ) , I can relate to the importance of initiating discussions, research, feedback and more on the acutely evolving and complex field of PHR's. It just so happens that we are coming from the commerical angle but under the premise that we provide basic PHR functionality, intuitive interface, and tremendous value for users at no charge. Our PHR service is free for the basic service. Ultimately, we hope to profit from upselling our customers on a more advanced premium service. Regardless, the field of PHR's is not going away and hopefully everyone will take to using this type of service, either ours or competitors , as it just results in better medicine, better health, and better personal accountability.
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