Question

What societal and technological trends do you see that might promote increased adoption and use of personal health records (PHRs)?

Answer 1

Answer :

Personal health records : it is record, where the health data and other information related to the care of patient is maintaintained by the patient is called personal health records.

Societal and technological trends to promote , increased adoption and use of personal health records :

1. Increased automation : that means developed so many apps and tools to store patient information.

2. It is shift to patient centeredness :

Because these are personally controlled self recards, here the patient have rights to control his recards.

3. Mixed usage : here the combination of use like Electronic health records and Electronic health records as like personal health records.

4. It is political

5. Commercial

6. It increases the ability to manage the patients health at home it self by using computer technology.