
Specifically, it focuses on the question of whether patient trust varies with the Internet-based health record's operator type (medical vs. This research examines the structural and institutional factors influencing patient trust in Internet-based health records in Germany. Moreover, trust in physicians may suffer if patients do not trust the way their medical data is stored. Patient trust is often considered a major hurdle to the adoption of Internet-based health records. It is important to consider that the additional information requested beyond what is traditionally found in an EPHR as well as the specific communication concerns raised, may be limited to a LTC setting. Overall, they felt that an EPHR would enhance communication between the care team and the family, however 30% of family members identified concerns linked to security and confidentiality of the electronic health record information.Ĭonclusions: Family members felt that an EPHR would be an important tool in the LTC facility to assist with information exchange between care providers and the family. In addition to the standard content items found within an EPHR, family members requested electronic access to a variety of additional medical content items that are not currently offered within the EPHR, such as status alerts. Respondents ranked test results (38% n = 25), doctor’s clinical notes (26% n = 17), medication lists (15% n = 10) and upcoming appointments (11% n = 7) as the number one most important content item that they would want to have access to. Many family members (n = 48) felt it was important to have access to their loved one’s EPHR.

Results: The response rate was 41% (n = 65). Methods: One hundred and fifty eight family members of the patients in six LTC units at the hospital were given a survey to determine their perceptions regarding the utility of the content items within an EPHR that was recently adopted by the LTC institution. Objective: To explore the perceptions of family members regarding the importance of an electronic personal health record (EPHR) called M圜hart as a healthcare information source to support the care of their loved ones within a long term care (LTC) facility in Toronto, Ontario. CD is a developing practice that fits well with the rehabilitation counseling philosophy and the profession's history of client inclusion in treatment planning. Results: The benefits of CD for rehabilitation educators, researchers, and practitioners will be provided for implementation in rehabilitation settings.Ĭonclusion: Rehabilitation practitioners may be increasingly exposed to CD and transparency of treatment records. Method: We provide a critical analysis of issues with current documentation systems, principles of creating collaborative paperwork, and the potential outcomes for rehabilitation clients, agencies, and counselors who use CD.

CD has the potential to promote greater client empowerment, clinical transparency, and documentation efficiency and quality however, the CD process is not well validated through rigorous research. Purpose: In this article, the emerging practice of collaborative documentation (CD) in community mental health care and its applications to rehabilitation counseling were explored. Identifying the PHR attributes, and use of them in designing and developing of PHR for MS, can be effective in better decision-making with regard to people’s health and improve the quality of care by accessing and using the data required for effective communication between people and the healthcare team. MDS includes 13 categories and capabilities include eight. The attributes of PHR for patients with MS can be categorized into two groups of minimum data sets (MDS) and capabilities. Of the 1963 retrieved articles, 39 articles entered the study based on inclusion criteria. Data were collected using a data extraction form and analyzed using combined narrative and content analysis. Scopus, ProQuest, Embase, PubMed, IEEE, and Web of Science databases as well as the Google Scholar were searched using a combination of keywords. This was a systematic review performed in 2019.

The present study aimed to identify the attributes of PHR for patients with MS. The application of PHR plays a significant role in healthcare provision for multiple sclerosis (MS) as a chronic disease. In recent decades, PHR has been employed as an emerging tool for the improvement of healthcare services for patients with chronic diseases. The personal health record (PHR) is a novel information technology in the domain of health.
