From smartphone to EHR: a case report on integrating patient-generated health data.

ABSTRACT: Patient-generated health data (PGHD), collected from mobile apps and devices, represents an opportunity for remote patient monitoring and timely interventions to prevent acute exacerbations of chronic illness-if data are seen and shared by care teams. This case report describes the technical aspects of integrating data from a popular smartphone platform to a commonly used EHR vendor and explores the challenges and potential of this approach for disease management. Consented subjects using the Asthma Health app (built on Apple's ResearchKit platform) were able to share data on inhaler usage and peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) with a local pulmonologist who ordered this data on Epic's EHR. For users who had installed and activated Epic's patient portal (MyChart) on their iPhone and enabled

SUBMITTER: Genes N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6550195 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature