Payors, associations team to issue new PHR guides
Key healthcare organizations are teaming up to help take the mystery out of using personal health records (PHRs) by rolling out two new informational brochures to help promote the understanding and use of PHRs among consumers and clinicians.
The new brochures: "Your Personal Health Record," and "A Clinician Guide to a Personal Health Record," will be available online at BCBS.com.
The brochures, which include screenshots of PHRs, user testimonials and a Q&A, were created through a collaboration of healthcare groups including the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, the American Health Information Management Association, the American Cancer Society, the American College of Physicians, the American Diabetes Association, the American Heart Association, the American Osteopathic Association of Medical Informatics and MGMA-ACMPE.
The new brochures: "Your Personal Health Record," and "A Clinician Guide to a Personal Health Record," will be available online at BCBS.com.
The brochures, which include screenshots of PHRs, user testimonials and a Q&A, were created through a collaboration of healthcare groups including the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, the American Health Information Management Association, the American Cancer Society, the American College of Physicians, the American Diabetes Association, the American Heart Association, the American Osteopathic Association of Medical Informatics and MGMA-ACMPE.
Beth Walsh, Editor
Editor Beth earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s in health communication. She has worked in hospital, academic and publishing settings over the past 20 years. Beth joined TriMed in 2005, as editor of CMIO and Clinical Innovation + Technology. When not covering all things related to health IT, she spends time with her husband and three children.