The use of Personal Health Records by patients continues to grow. Healthcare organizations are needing to develop policies on how to best leverage the use of this information for patient care in the c

The use of Personal Health Records by patients continues to grow. Healthcare organizations are needing to develop policies on how to best leverage the use of this information for patient care in the continuum of care, this can include specific Personal Health Records maintained through an electronic system or can be actual records from other healthcare providers.

Select policies, procedures and guidelines provided for benchmarking in Module 01 under Benchmarking Resources based on appropriateness to this topic, or you may research policies, guidelines and standards on your own to use as a benchmark. Review your selected policies, procedures and guidelines and select the information after comparing those resources that you will include in your policy and write your policy on Personal Health Records.

Your policy should be sure to address the following:

• What is a Personal Health record,
• Is the PHR a part of the legal health record of your organization 
• How can it be used by patients, providers and organizations
• What are the privacy, security and confidentiality issues
• What are the management of information and ownership issues 
• What are the maintenance issues relating to PHR

One source you may want to consider is A Report Recommendation from the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Personal Health Records and Personal Health Record Systems.

The completed typed policy should be 1 page. If you use a source for the policy, state the source at the end of the policy under a heading titled references.

Criteria

Points

Policy addresses the following:

• What is a Personal Health record,
• Is the PHR a part of the legal health record of your organization 
• How can it be used by patients, providers and organizations
• What are the privacy, security and confidentiality issues
• What are the management of information and ownership issues 
• What are the maintenance issues relating to PHR

Applies correct spelling, grammar, and a consistent policy format is used

Please meet Criteria

Policy addresses the following:

• What is a Personal Health record,
• Is the PHR a part of the legal health record of your organization 
• How can it be used by patients, providers and organizations
• What are the privacy, security and confidentiality issues
• What are the management of information and ownership issues 
• What are the maintenance issues relating to PHR

Applies correct spelling, grammar, and a consistent policy format is used