Patients Managing Their Medical Data in Personal Electronic Health Records: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Personal electronic health records (PEHRs) allow patients to view, generate, and manage their personal and medical data that are relevant across illness episodes, such as their medications, allergies, immunizations, and their medical, social, and family health history. Thus, patients can actively participate in the management of their health care by ensuring that their health care providers have an updated and accurate overview of the patients' medical records. However, the uptake of PEHRs remains low, especially in terms of patients entering and managing their personal and medical data in their PEHR.

Objective

This scoping review aimed to explore the barriers and facilitators that patients face when deciding to review, enter, update, or modify their personal and

SUBMITTER: Damen DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9832357 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature