Talk:Personal health record

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The article, as it stands, seems to ignore the types of PHRs that are integrated with EHRs. For instance, a hospital that uses an Epic EHR system might also install MyChart for patients. So-called patient portals like MyChart give patients a view of their personal health information stored in the EHR. Many consider these patient portals to also be PHRs, though this is debatable. Should we add this type?

I also wonder if we shouldn't change the first sentence of the article. PHRs aren't always 'created' by the patient. If we include patient portals as PHRs, then it's obvious that some PHRs are 'created' by an entity other than the patient. Even if we exclude patient portals, some PHRs allow importation of data from other systems. Thus, saying that the patient 'creates' the PHR isn't entirely accurate.

Vitamin D 15:45, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Someone has twice advertised "Global Lifeguard" as a "good example" of a PHR on this page. Twice I've removed it. Is someone being naughty or can you make an argument why that is a valid change to the page?

Vitamin D 17:43, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

I apparently did something wrong. I added a section on PHR products with a link to MyPHR.com. I also added a reference to my product (Not the Global Lifeguard). When I have researched other topics on Wikipedia I have found it useful to know what products implement or provide such services. Even just a name would be useful. As a consumer I would think at least a link to myPHR.com would be beneficial. Many people searching for a personal health record don't just want to know what it is but where they can find one. The section I added was removed.

Cheers

Pauldaly 16:46, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Never mind. I see the External link reference. I do disagree about the directory comment though. I use Wikipedia often and find many products and services where I can not find them easily elsewhere on the Internet. Thank you for leaving the MyPHR link available though.

Cheers Pauldaly 16:50, 27 July 2007 (UTC)