Chris Foster, Government Health IT
“Much like other advances in health information technology (HIT) such as electronic health records and telemedicine, social media is changing how doctors and patients interact. Social media empowers patients to seek out information, make more informed decisions, and partner with their health care providers on managing their care.
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Wagner PJ et al, J Am Med Inform Assoc, 2012
Purpose
To examine the impact of a personal health record (PHR) in patients with hypertension measured by changes in biological outcomes, patient empowerment, patient perception of quality of care, and use of medical services.
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Bos L. Patient Empowerment: A Two Way Road, 2011
This paper will deal with the patient related aspects of e-Health. The use of computing and networking has become an essential element in recent and future developments in health and care. Devices that lead to self-management, access to electronic records, decision support, social networks and social media are some of the major aspects. The production and availability of data and information will lead to a paradigm shift in the physician-patient relationship based on the addition of their respective experiences.
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Alpay L et al, Health Informatics Journal, 17(4)
E-health is seen as an important technological tool in achieving self-management; however, there is little evidence of how effective e-health is for self-management. Example tools remain experimental and there is limited knowledge yet about the design, use, and effects of this class of tools. By way of introducing a new view on the development of e-health tools dedicated to self-management we aim to contribute to the discussion for further research in this area.
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Pulvirenti M et al, Health Expectations, 2011
Background
Patient or person centred care is widely accepted as the philosophy and practice that underpins quality care. An examination of the Australian National Chronic Disease Strategy and literature in the field highlights assumptions about the self-manager as patient and a focus on clinical settings.
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Jennifer Dennard, Healthcare IT News
“I recently got a pleasant healthcare surprise while listening to one of my favorite radio stations here in Atlanta. In between some really good jazz tunes, Clark Atlanta University’s WCLK radio station played what to me seemed like a public service announcement from Medicare.
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Helen R. Pfister, Susan R. Ingargiola, iHealthBeat
“On Sept. 12, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT released an updated strategic plan for implementing a nationwide health information network. The Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2011-2015 sets forth activities to improve health care through use of health IT tools.
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Gienna Shaw, HealthLeaders Media
“OK, so information is power. But does information alone have the power to transform healthcare? To help people make healthy lifestyle choices and get patients fully engaged in their care? Can healthcare information technology transform healthcare — as so many say we must — from a system that treats disease to one that prevents it?
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NHS Direct
“Patients are being given the tools to help them make informed decisions about their treatments and to encourage a shared decision making process between them and their clinicians.
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Jeffrey Gladd, KevinMD
“Patients may soon be universally able to view their lab results thanks to a new rule proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services. This means patients may access without permission or release by their providers. This is a victory toward patient empowerment and a step in the right direction.
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Nictiz
“Communicatie over het portaal speelt een belangrijke rol bij het gaan gebruiken van een portaal.
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HL7
“Health Level Seven® International (HL7®), the global authority on standards for interoperability of health information technology with members in 55 countries, today is pleased to announce that the HL7 Board unanimously agreed to pledge to engage and empower individuals to be partners in their health through information technology.
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Michael L. Popovich, Deborah Allwes, STC
“Despite the promise of better healthcare through information-centric patient empowerment, little progress has been made. The issue is not that the data do not exist in a useable form, or that technologies that would enable access to this information are lacking. There are two primary challenges standing in the way of patient empowerment: (1) in the private sector there is no proven revenue model for providing this access, and (2) in the public sector the standard barrier is confidentiality of information, the possibility of misinterpretation, and existing policies.
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Roberta, HitechAnswers
“Kicking off National Health IT Week, the ONC and HHS streamed its Consumer Health IT Summit live on line yesterday. Secretary Sebelius, ONC Mostashari, Surgeon General Benjamin, CMS Director Berwick, OCR Director Rodriguez, US CTO, Chopra, and HHS CTO Park circled the wagons and showed us the commitment there is to Health IT, patient information access, and patient awareness.
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fllordachs, Una de Médicos
“De un tiempo a esta parte, como si fuese algo lógico, se habla mucho del e-paciente y su empoderamiento como algo inexorable (que probablemente lo es, en base al paso del tiempo y a la modificación de los hábitos de la población en materia de conectividad y llamémosle habilidad digital). También se considera (o esa es la postura) algo sin duda cercano, de para ayer, porque los americanos, y tal, y tal… Incluso se ha puesto de acuerdo una buena parte de la blogosfera-twittesfera sanitaria española para componer a n-manos un libro de distribución gratuíta,
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Brandon Savage, EHR Scope
“Over the next two years, electronic health record (EHR) adoption in the U.S. is expected to reach very high levels as healthcare organizations continue to progress in the vast arena of delivery system reform by reducing costs and improving quality of care. The federal government will invest $30 billion in healthcare IT in the next decade, primarily through financial incentives for healthcare providers who demonstrate Meaningful Use of their EHR.
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Andrew Doughman, Orlando Sentinel
“Jon Yeitrakis used to drive almost an hour each way to see his psychiatrist at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Orlando.
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Deirdre Shesgreen, The CT Monitor
“Lygeia Ricciardi sits at the intersection of federal health care reform and the digital revolution. Her job, in a nutshell, is to transform lofty and complex public health goals into easy-to-use, Internet-ready “patient empowerment” tools.
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Ammenwerth E et al, e-Health Across Borders Without Boundaries, 2011
Patient portals provide patients with access to a provide-managed electronic health record (EHR). They may provide an interesting approach to increase patient empowerment. The objective of this paper is to provide a first overview of the state-of-the-art and the impact of patient portals.
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Lodewijk Bos, ICMCC
“When the Dutch started creating an EHR over a decade and a half ago, primary care providers soon saw the benefits of electronic records over paper ones, resulting in the Netherlands having one of the highest adoption rated worldwide amongst PCPs. However, they did not consider the patient as en essential part of the stakeholders. So after years they had to reconsider the system to allow the patient access to their record. A major oversight.
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