PERSONAL HEALTH CHART

A personal health record (PHR) is a health record where health data and other information related to the care of a patient is maintained by the patient. This stands in contrast to the more widely used electronic medical record, which is operated by institutions (such as hospitals) and contains data entered by clinicians (such as billing data) to support insurance claims. The intention of a PHR is to provide a complete and accurate summary of an individual's medical history which is accessible online. The health data on a PHR might include patient-reported outcome data, lab results, and data from devices such as wireless electronic weighing scales or (collected passively) from a smartphone.

The term "personal health record" is not new. The term was used as early as June 1978,and in 1956, there was a reference was made to a "personal health log. The term "PHR" may be applied to both paper-based and computerized systems; usage in the late 2010s usually implies an electronic application used to collect and store health data.

,Examples: medical history, laboratory results, imaging studies, medications. Infrastructure. The platform that handles data storage, processing, and exchange. Examples: stand-alone software programs or websites, provider- or payer-connected (tethered) websites.

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