Comments on: 6 Questions to Ask Before Choosing A Personal Health Record http://rememberitnow.com/blog/2010/08/30/6-questions-to-ask-before-choosing-a-personal-health-record/ A place to talk about healthcare, caregiving, seniors and medication management. Fri, 18 May 2012 00:36:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: 3 Steps for Your Perfect Personal Health Record | RememberItNow! Blog http://rememberitnow.com/blog/2010/08/30/6-questions-to-ask-before-choosing-a-personal-health-record/comment-page-1/#comment-5473 3 Steps for Your Perfect Personal Health Record | RememberItNow! Blog Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:57:18 +0000 http://rememberitnow.com/blog/?p=3613#comment-5473 [...] 1. Decide What Type of Personal Health Record You Want We advise you to read our recent post, “6 Questions to Ask before Choosing a Personal Health Record.”  You will consider things like whether you want your PHR to be paper-based, online, mobile, [...] [...] 1. Decide What Type of Personal Health Record You Want We advise you to read our recent post, “6 Questions to Ask before Choosing a Personal Health Record.”  You will consider things like whether you want your PHR to be paper-based, online, mobile, [...]

]]> By: Deborah C. Peel, MD http://rememberitnow.com/blog/2010/08/30/6-questions-to-ask-before-choosing-a-personal-health-record/comment-page-1/#comment-4366 Deborah C. Peel, MD Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:51:18 +0000 http://rememberitnow.com/blog/?p=3613#comment-4366 The killer questions are: 1) is your health information sold by the PHR vendor and 2) how can you rate PHRs? Take a look at the PHR Report Card to see what kinds of questions you should be asking about privacy and security: http://patientprivacyrights.org/detailed-phr-privacy-report-cards/#CapMed Many PHRs are designed to sell or share your most sensitive personal information, from prescription records to DNA, with businesses you would never involve in your health care. The killer questions are: 1) is your health information sold by the PHR vendor and 2) how can you rate PHRs?

Take a look at the PHR Report Card to see what kinds of questions you should be asking about privacy and security: http://patientprivacyrights.org/detailed-phr-privacy-report-cards/#CapMed

Many PHRs are designed to sell or share your most sensitive personal information, from prescription records to DNA, with businesses you would never involve in your health care.

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