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The Indiana University Health Center launched an online personal health record (PHR) solution for students at the IU Bloomington campus this month. IU is sponsoring the NoMoreClipboard.com PHR, making it easier for students and their families to share medical information with the health center.
Dr. Kevin Brunski wants to chip your tooth. More specifically, the Crown Point dentist, who has a patent pending on his invention, I-Denti-Fied, hopes to one day see every person in the United States wearing the device -- a chip about the size of a grain of rice that stores a person's unique identification number linked to his or her entire medical history. An area high school senior becomes one of the first to have the device implanted before leaving for college.
This dramatization from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation depicts how PHRs can help teenagers assume the skills needed to transfer from a pediatrician to an adult care physician, make health decisions, and maintain their personal health information.
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.
- Should my PHR include emergency contact information?
- Do universities offer PHRs to students?
- Can my parents view my PHR?
- When can healthcare providers share information from my PHR with my family without my consent?
- Where do I go if I can't find the information I need on your Web site?
- What is the training for people involved in managing my health records?
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