Question

The patient presents to your office with a Personal Health Records (PHR). Remembering, medical records and PHRs are not the same thing, complete both of the following:

1. Develop and create an educational tool (brochure, flyer pamphlet) that you can provide to your patients that address the following areas:

How do you access it?

What obstacles might you identify?

Frequently Asked Questions

Answer 1

Patient health record system is a electronic record of the health status of a patient which also includes information filled by clinicians about the cares provided ,cost of service, insurance claims , investigation's done and their report etc. Patient can access it online using there laptops,tabs ,phone by log in the web site .

1. How do you access it ?

We can access it online through our phones laptops ,tabs by log in the web site( hospital web site ,medscape etc )

2. Barrier identified are :-

- limitations to data entry , validation , and information display.

- limited access to computer and internet

- low computer literacy level

- lack of privacy and confidentiality

- low health literacy

- servor error

3. Frequently asked questions are :-

- can anyone else access my health record / information

- how will I know my record has been assessed or not

- who else can access my health record except the physician

- privacy and confidentiality will be maintained or not

- how will the physician or other professionals gets access to my health record

- will my health information will be seen by everyone present in the physician office including receptionist

- will my record present in open internet Google

- wil it contains information related to my past medical history and rrelated to genetics

- will my health record be hacked

- can insuans comany acces m health record.

- can my employer access my healh record system