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rnformatics · 03-15-2005, 08:38 AM

Personal health records begin to catch on

Several IT vendors have begun to offer personal health records, with prices starting at $44.95 for a CD or $24.95 for a year's subscription to a service. The biggest challenges facing PHRs include privacy concerns and providers who have been slow to accept computerized versions of patient records or lack the technical skills to use them.

Source: Washington Post (free subscription)

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2005Mar14.html

03-15-2005, 08:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
rnformatics Administrator Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 365	Personal health records begin to catch on Personal health records begin to catch on Several IT vendors have begun to offer personal health records, with prices starting at $44.95 for a CD or $24.95 for a year's subscription to a service. The biggest challenges facing PHRs include privacy concerns and providers who have been slow to accept computerized versions of patient records or lack the technical skills to use them. Source: Washington Post (free subscription) Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2005Mar14.html