Richard Corcoran
July 10th, 2008, 03:50 PM
This came across from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation today -
Advocates of digital health information sharing say that if individuals had their own electronic personal health records, it could improve health care delivery, lower costs, and make it dramatically easier for all of us to manage our health and get the care we need. New visions for PHRs may help consumers take charge of their health and manage their care in powerful ways.
Is this really so? Are the potential benefits as significant as advocates claim? And whats holding providers and patients back from crossing this digital frontier?
A four-part audio podcast series, produced by WGBH in Boston, explores the problems and the possibilities of personal health records. The first one can be heard here (http://www.rwjf.org/pr/productpreview.jsp?id=32412).
Advocates of digital health information sharing say that if individuals had their own electronic personal health records, it could improve health care delivery, lower costs, and make it dramatically easier for all of us to manage our health and get the care we need. New visions for PHRs may help consumers take charge of their health and manage their care in powerful ways.
Is this really so? Are the potential benefits as significant as advocates claim? And whats holding providers and patients back from crossing this digital frontier?
A four-part audio podcast series, produced by WGBH in Boston, explores the problems and the possibilities of personal health records. The first one can be heard here (http://www.rwjf.org/pr/productpreview.jsp?id=32412).