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Drawing on a team of nine interdisciplinary grantees, Project Heath Design is designing and testing personal health applications that help individuals and families better manage their health and healthcare. The grantees have pushed the potential of personal health records through designing PHR applications that put users' needs front and center. They go beyond access through personal computers by using mobile devices. The following video is a glimpse into one grantee's innovative project for diabetes self-management.
Researchers at Research Triangle Park-based RTI International and Virginia Commonwealth University are working to develop a personal health record application for portable devices such as smart phones to help physicians and patients monitor daily routines of asthma patients.
As a survivor, you may have a lot of paperwork in your life. You might think that keeping and organizing this information is too time consuming or even unnecessary. Yet, having copies of important documents such as employment records, insurance policies, medical reports, receipts, invoices, tax records and financial statements will probably be of great benefit to you.
Maintaining a personal health record (PHR) is the key to my existence today. My PHR experience started in the early 1970’s. My parents were diligent about keeping comprehensive and up-to-date files and medical records for me, due to a near medical error as a child. I was almost given the wrong medication by the physician in an emergency situation.
A friend reviewed my medical history with me, including all of my illnesses and health issues. She asked me to start at the top of my head and to go all the way to my toes, and to list anything that was wrong including explanations for any scars.
I take approximately 15 different medications. My PHR helped my surgeon's office with the medical information they needed to access for inclusion in their records. When I was admitted to the hospital for the surgery they already had all of the information copied from my PHR for the doctor.