"Nothing About Me Without Me": An Interpretative Review of Patient Accessible Electronic Health Records.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient accessible electronic health records (PAEHRs) enable patients to access and manage personal clinical information that is made available to them by their health care providers (HCPs). It is thought that the shared management nature of medical record access improves patient outcomes and improves patient satisfaction. However, recent reviews have found that this is not the case. Furthermore, little research has focused on PAEHRs from the HCP viewpoint. HCPs include physicians, nurses, and service providers.

Objective

We provide a systematic review of reviews of the impact of giving patients record access from both a patient and HCP point of view. The review covers a broad range of outcome measures, including patient safety, patient satisfaction, privacy and s

SUBMITTER: Jilka SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4526966 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature