“Patients who use interactive online personal health records (PHRs) are more likely to stay up to date with their screenings for cervical cancer, colorectal cancer, and immunizations as well as a host of other preventative medical tests. That’s the conclusion of a recent Virginia Commonwealth University study.
Published in the July/August issue of the Annals of Family Medicine, the study also suggests that patients are better served when they use a PHR that can access clinical data from electronic health records (EHRs).”
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Nicole Lewis, InformationWeek Healthcare, 16 July 2012
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