The Benefits & Advantages of Personal Health Records
A personal health record (PHR) is a collection of important medical information that you maintain about your health or the health of a someone that you are caring for, i.e. (a relative, parent or child).
Personal Health Records are valuable because they compile and document your health profile into a single accurate source that:
- Helps patients to become active participants in their own care.
- Creates a convenient way to track, view and manage personal health information and share that information with providers.
- Allows scheduling of appointments and online and communication with physicians
- You may print as needed and take to medical appointments.
- Lets patients verify information in their medical records and monitor health data about themselves
- Provides scheduling reminders for health maintenance services.
- Improves communication between patients and clinicians, allows documentation of interactions with patients and conveys timely explanations of test results.
- Provides drug alerts, identifies missed procedures and services and gets important test results to patients rapidly. Personal Health Records also provides timely access to updated care plans.
- Enables continuous, comprehensive care with better coordination between patients, physicians and other providers.
- Reduces the risk of malpractice and duplicative tests and services.
- Provides 24 Hour online access and telephone technical support from Monday to Friday.
- Allows access to your Personal Health Records from anywhere in the world via an internet connection.
Peace of Mind for You and Your Family
The elderly and the chronically ill cannot remember all of the names and dosages of their drugs and have difficulty sharing that information with more than one physician. This task often becomes overwhelming and confusing for the patient as well as caregivers attempting to manage the information for them.
Yet the service is not just for the elderly and chronically ill, but for everyone who wishes to take control of their personal health records. For example;
- If you were unconscious and in an emergency situation, how would the hospital or EMT immediately know your medications and allergies? How would they know who to phone on your behalf?
- With an online PHR from Access Medical Records, emergency situations become much more manageable by providing instant access to medications, allergies and emergency contacts.
Most patients, regardless of their medical history are tired of filling out their medications with each doctors visit. Additionally, many people forget to mention their over the counter supplements when visiting a doctor. Doctors need to know this information, as supplements may cause side-effects if taken along with your prescribed medications.
By storing this information on our extremely secure website all of your doctors can have access to up-to-date information anytime, anywhere.
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