The Role of Personal Health Record in Our Everyday Life

Imagine when you are travelling and you are on number of medications, you fall sick and you are admitted to an emergency care center. Your emergency physician will not know your medical history as you are unconscious or be able to communicate. You will not be in a position to retrieve your previous medical information from your primary health care provider. It is also technically not feasible to retrieve the information through fax or even email. How will the doctors treat you optimally?

Portable Digital Personal Health Record can play a key role in solving this puzzle. It will provide physicians with instant access to patient medical history-including their past medical history, diagnosis, allergies and prescriptions. Doctors can treat these patients immediately without relying on patient and their ability to communicate or waiting for fax or email from family physician.

In the fragmented health care service today, there is no comprehensive record sharing between different health care centers especially when you are traveling overseas. These are the situations when you should carry a personal health record of your self and your family with you always. Paper based records are an easy option, but they have their limitations.

Disclaimer:

This article is for informational purpose only and is in no way intended to be a substitute for medical consultation with a qualified professional. The author encourages Internet users to be careful when using medical information. If you are unsure about your medical condition, consult a physician.

Reference:

http://www.open.medicdrive.org

Open MedicDrive is a collaborative Wiki for advancing and educating about the role of Health care Information Technology in Personal Health Record Management.

Ms.Catherine Collins has spent nearly a decade in writing about health care topics. She has published her work on health care management in several leading publications in online media.Her vision is to help people to take care of their health with aid of current technologies.

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By Catherine Collins