PERSONAL HEALTH RECORD.

Step 1 Read the scenario. Cindy is a 57-year-old single female who works as a graphic designer. She describes herself as shy and reserved. She weighs 358 lb and is 5' 8" tall. She has recently lost her mother and is greatly concerned about improving her own health. She has been diagnosed with the following conditions: type II diabetes, hypertension, and asthma. For each condition, she sees a different provider in a different health care institution. However, all of the institutions are affiliated with a large regional health care system. Cindy takes five prescription medications for her conditions and fills them at three different pharmacies, each located near one of her providers. In the past, she has kept her medical records in a box in her closet. She has become frustrated with the lack of communication among her providers and her relationship with them. Step 2 Post your response to the discussion board. Respond to the following questions, and if relevant, include your personal

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Personal health record is the type of record where all information related to person health
is maintained (Roehrs et al., 2017). The individual who is suffering from more than one disease
and have to look for different health care provider and institution for each of the illness have
personal health record. Cindy fits to this profile because she is suffering from T2DM,
hypertension and asthma have to take five prescribed medicine from different pharmacies.
Hence, she need a personal health record.
It will help Cindy to better manage her health as it will provide all the relevant health
information such as lab results, medications and others. She can document the records and share
with other peoples. Hence, it will create secure communication with the care provider over the
internet (Price et al., 2015).
People choose PHR because health care information can be easily recorded and easily
accessible both by patients and health care provider. Cindy is also the one should choose PHR
because as she is suffering from three different disease she needs to keep record of the data of
those three illness and respective medications.
With the use of personal health record, Cindy’s satisfaction level regarding health care
can be improved as she can easily communicate with the health care provider. For health care
provider also personal health record is beneficial as they can get all the important health
information about their patients in just one click and they can provide effective care by looking
at their medical records (Miller et al., 2016).

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Reference
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providers’ views of patient portals: interview study of perceived benefits and
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Price, M., Bellwood, P., Kitson, N., Davies, I., Weber, J., & Lau, F. (2015). Conditions
potentially sensitive to a personal health record (PHR) intervention, a systematic
review. BMC medical informatics and decision making, 15(1), 32.
Roehrs, A., Da Costa, C. A., da Rosa Righi, R., & De Oliveira, K. S. F. (2017). Personal health
records: a systematic literature review. Journal of medical Internet research, 19(1), e13.