Norm Archer|Urslin Fevrier-Thomas|Cynthia Lokker|K. Ann McKibbon|Sharon E. Straus
Personal health records: a scoping review
McMaster University|McMaster University|McMaster University|McMaster University|University of Toronto
electronic personal health record systems phrs support patient centered healthcare making medical records relevant information accessible patients thus assisting patients health selfmanagement reviewed literature phrs including design functionality implementation applications outcomes benefits found primary care physicians play key role patient health phrs likely linked physician electronic medical record systems phr adoption dependent growth electronic medical record adoption many phr systems physicianoriented include patientoriented functionalities must provided support selfmanagement disease prevention improvements health outcomes expected differences patient motivation use phrs exist overall low adoption rate expected except disabled chronically ill caregivers elderly finally trials phr effectiveness sustainability patient selfmanagement needed