Question

What are the primary challenges with integrating data from personal devices and applications with data within an EHR? Do you think most consumers are comfortable with sharing their personal data in the clinical environment? Supposing the sharing of such information is beneficial for consumers' health, what can be done to help consumers overcome their reticence?

Answer 1

An EHR(Electronic Health Records) is an electronic system used and maintained by healthcare systems to collect and store patient's medical information. EHRs are used across clinical care and healthcare administration to capture a variety of medical information from individual patients over time, as well as to manage clinical workflows. EHRs contain different types of patient-level variables, such as demographics, diagnoses, problem lists, medications, vital signs, and laboratory data. According to the National Academies of Medicine, an EHR has multiple core functionalities, including the capture of health information, orders and results management, clinical decision support, health information exchange, electronic communication, patient support, administrative processes, and population health reporting.EHRs capture a wealth of data that is relevant to patient registries. EHRs also may assist in certain functions that a patient registry requires (e.g., data collection, data cleaning, data storage), and a registry may augment the value of the information collected in an EHR (e.g., comparative safety, effectiveness and value, population management,quality reporting).

Due to the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) and legislation on meaningful use in recent decades, health systems are increasingly interdependent on EHR capabilities, offerings, and innovations to better capture patient data. A novel capability offered by health systems encompasses the integration between EHRs and wearable health technology. Although wearables have the potential to transform patient care

For instance wearable devices include wristbands, smartwatches, wearable mobile sensors, and other mobile hub medical devices that collect a large range of data from blood sugar and exercise routines to sleep and mood. Patient data are collected either through consumer reporting or passively through sensors in apps that communicate with devices through application programming interfaces, these data are then shared through data aggregators such as Apple’s HealthKit that pools data from multiple health apps.

Wearable health technology will play a critical role in greater transparency between patients and providers and chronic condition management. Devices and technologies that enable the streamlined movement of data from patients to providers are key to improving a patient’s care journey and empowering them to manage their own health. The future design and development of digital technology in this space will rely on continued analysis of best practices, pain points, and potential solutions to mitigate existing challenges.

I dont think most consumers are not comfortable with sharing their personal data in the clinical environment.Some Patients are reluctant in giving privacy datas regarding health care,because they are concerned about the privacy of their disease datas in the EHR.Client care providers given clear picture about these and their data security protocols and HIPAA security rules for protecting EHR.The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule47 establishes a national set of minimum security standards for protecting all electronic protected health informations.