Question

The use of personal health records would address the Institute of Medicine's core principles that engage patients in their own care primarily by ________.

A. relieving providers of liability

B. putting patients in control of their health care

C. making health information available for research purposes

D. basing care on best practice and benchmark measures

Answer 1

Ans) D. basing care on best practice and benchmark measures.

Explaination:

- Like other health information technology, PHR architecture can be roughly organized into three main components: Data. The information collected, stored, analyzed, and exchanged by the PHR. Examples: medical history, laboratory results, imaging studies, medications.

- A strategy for successful care coordination includes an understanding and implementation of the core competencies for all healthcare professionals as described by the Institute of Medicine (IOM, 2003) to include: 1) patient-centered care, 2) teamwork and collaboration, 3) evidence-based practice, 4) quality improvement

- Benchmarking team to promote and embed best practices: benchmarks be used to measure not only project costs, but also care should be taken to ensure.