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Personal Health Record: External Sharing in a Secure Manner

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As we know, sharing vital patient information in a timely manner can improve decision making at the point of care and help providers avoid readmissions and medication errors, improve diagnoses, and decrease duplicate testing. Electronic health-information exchange allows nurses, physicians, pharmacists, other healthcare providers, and patients to appropriately access and securely share a patient’s vital medical information electronically to improve the speed, quality, safety, and cost of patient care. Most Americans’ medical information is stored on paper despite the widespread availability of secure electronic data transfer. Patient data is in filing cabinets at various medical offices or in boxes and folders in patients’ homes. Often, a patient carries their records from appointment to appointment, or information is shared between providers via mail, fax, or CDs. Patient and provider direct interaction is absolutely needed, but having electronic access to patients’ health history is extremely beneficial for doctors and nurses for accurate diagnosis and speedy recovery. Electronic data transfer helps standardize patient data across multiple electronic health record (EHR) systems, thus improving the interoperability between multiple providers.

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Dhru, N. (2018). Personal Health Record: External Sharing in a Secure Manner. In: Office 365 for Healthcare Professionals. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3549-2_7

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