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My PHR.com
Your personal health
information is a valuable resource to you, your
family, and the doctors, nurses, and other
healthcare professionals who provide your treatment
and care. But did you know that, in most cases, a
complete record of all of your personal health
information cannot be found in any single location
or consistent format? The various elements of any
one person's health information are likely scattered
across several healthcare providers, possibly in
different cities, states, or even countries and are
kept in various combinations of paper-based and
electronic record-keeping formats.
Each one
of your healthcare providers (family practitioner,
allergist, OB-GYN, etc.) compiles a separate medical
record on you. These multiple medical records can
lead to an incomplete story about your health.
Keeping your own PHR allows you to provide
doctors with valuable information that can help
improve the quality of care you receive. A PHR can
help reduce or eliminate duplicate tests and allow
you to receive faster, safer treatment and care in
an emergency. And the PHR empowers you, the patient.
Overall, it gives you more intimate knowledge of
your health information allowing you to play a more
active role in your preventive care and care
management.
AHIMA has created a
free public web site,
www.myphr.com where you can find a wide range
of helpful information and resources including:
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Information
regarding your health information rights
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Privacy
rights and common privacy myths
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How to
access your records
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Information
for caregivers
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Step-by-step
guide for creating a PHR
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A guided tour to
help you learn more about how your health
information is collected, where it goes, and how
it’s used.
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An online form
to request a local health information management
professional to come out and deliver a free
public education seminar to your group or
organization.
*AHIMA does not make, sell
or endorse any PHR products. We provide this database as a
public service and encourage people to research the
different types of tools that are available and choose the
one that is right for them. Many of the tools listed in this
database are free of charge.
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