Patient Rights

The HealthIT website has been updated with frequently asked questions for patients/families. It includes information about the personal health record (PHR) and HIPAA.  It is certainly worth  exploring as nurses advocate for others. 

http://www.healthit.gov/patients-families/frequently-asked-questions

Google Health Going Away

According to several news articles that popped up today, Google Health will be discontinued in January of next year.  What Google may or may not understand - is that the personal health record will not have widespread adoption until there is infrastructure that allows for information exchange between consumers/providers. 
http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/google-health-personal-health-records-discontinue-retire-phr-42690-1.html?ET=healthdatamanagement:e1856:144174a:&st=email&utm_source=editorial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HDM_Daily_062711

Personal Health Record (PHR) Report Card

The Patient Privacy Rights group released a report card on five PHRs:

• CapMed-icePHR
  
• Google Health
  
• Microsoft Health Vault
  
• No More Clipboard
  
• WebMD
  
• PHRs offered by employers/insurers
  

You can read the report card at http://www.patientprivacyrights.org/site/PageServer?pagename=PHR_Report_Card

This information supplements chapter 14.