Designing a patient-centered personal health record to promote preventive care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence-based preventive services offer profound health benefits, yet Americans receive only half of indicated care. A variety of government and specialty society policy initiatives are promoting the adoption of information technologies to engage patients in their care, such as personal health records, but current systems may not utilize the technology's full potential.

Methods

Using a previously described model to make information technology more patient-centered, we developed an interactive preventive health record (IPHR) designed to more deeply engage patients in preventive care and health promotion. We recruited 14 primary care practices to promote the IPHR to all adult patients and sought practice and patient input in designing the IPHR to ensure its usabili

SUBMITTER: Krist AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3250934 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature