Can someone pick 4 diseases and briefly describe how a personal health record or patient home monitoring devices could improve the health of a patient with that disease?
Ans) A personal health record (PHR) is one tool that can be used to increase patient participation and improve families' engagement with their care. PHRs are collections of information pertinent to patients' health, but they differ from EHRs in that they are typically set up and accessed by patients themselves
4 disease to include:
Hypertension, Diabetes, Thyroid disorders, Kidney failure
If these above disease can be monitored through labs or home monitoring device & through some lifestyle modification will definitely improve the health of a patient with that disease.
Can someone pick 4 diseases and briefly describe how a personal health record or patient home...
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