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Personal Health Record (PHR) Articles

A digital personal health record (PHR) is a computer-based software application that allows you to store a variety of personal health information including illnesses, hospitalizations, encounters (i.e. visits and communications), journal information in between doctor visits, medications, allergies, immunizations, surgeries, lab results, and family history. 

 

Articles about personal health record applications are designed to give you understanding of what a personal health record program is, its capabilities, its benefits to you and how to optimally use it to be proactively involved in your healthcare and to improve your overall health care experiences.

  • 7 Reasons to Have a Personal Health Record
    A digital personal health record (PHR) is a computer-based software application that allows you to store a variety of personal health information including illnesses, hospitalizations, encounters (i.e. visits and communications), journal information in between doctor visits, medications, allergies, immunizations, surgeries, lab results, and family history. Owning and maintaining an up-to-date digital personal health record has many benefits and is the cornerstone of proactive healthcare involvement and better healthcare experiences.
  • Implementing a Personal Health Record While Applying for Health Insurance Online
    The preparation phase of filing for health insurance is an excellent time to implement a personal health record (PHR) because you can proverbially kill two birds with one stone.
  • How to Implement a Computer-based Personal Health Record
    Implementing a personal health record (PHR) entails gathering as much information about your past and current health and organizing it in such a way that it can be easily retrievable and reproducible for circumstances that might require its use.
  • The Personal Health Record -- a Proactive Resource for Reducing Healthcare Expenses
    Utilizing a personal health record can reduce healthcare expenses because much of the cost involved in providing healthcare and spent for the generation of information necessary to diagnose and appropriately treat.