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Personal electronic health records: from biomedical research to people's health

Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 2009
Access to web technologies and the increased bandwidth and capacity of these systems has facilitated the development of personal electronic health records (PEHRs).
Jean Roberts
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Use of personal child health records in the UK: findings from the millennium cohort study. [PDF]

, 2006
OBJECTIVES: The personal child health record (PCHR) is a record of a child's growth, development, and uptake of preventive health services, designed to enhance communication between parents and health professionals.
Bedford, H, Dezateux, C, Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group, Walton, S   +3 more
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Improving continuity of care through the use of electronic records: A South African perspective

South African Family Practice, 2012
The fragmented nature of modern healthcare provision makes it increasingly difficult to achieve continuity of care. As a result, strong emphasis is placed on the informational dimension of continuity of care.
N. Mostert-Phipps, D. Pottas, M. Korpela
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How Will the General Data Protection Regulation Affect Healthcare?

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2018
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Nathan C. Lea
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Estimated Risk of HIV Acquisition and Practice for Preventing Occupational Exposure: A Study of Healthcare Workers at Tumbi and Dodoma Hospitals, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
Health care workers (HCWs) are at risk of acquiring human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) and other infections via exposure to infectious patients' blood and body fluids.
A Kilale, A Pruss-Ustun, AA Reda, B Doebbeling, B Gumodoka, C Denise, CS Kessler, de lTX, DM Cardo, E Mossdorf, Emmanuel Makundi, G Morino, Godfrey M Mubyazi, Hamisi M Malebo, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections. Eye of the needle, Hussein Mohamed, ILO, WHO: Joint Guidelines on Health Services and HIV/AIDS, JA Rabbitts, Kijakazi O Mashoto, M Zhang, MG Worthington, OSHA, S Sohn, S Tuma, WHO: International Council of Nurses (ICN), WHO: Occupational Health   +25 more
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Factors of quality of care and their association with smartphone based PHR adoption in South Korean hospitals

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2021
Background Healthcare organizations have begun to adopt personal health records (PHR) systems to engage patients, but little is known about factors associated with the adoption of PHR systems at an organizational level.
Byung Kwan Choi, Young-Taek Park, Hyeoun-Ae Park, Chris Lane, Emmanuel C. Jo, Sunghong Kang   +5 more
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Hybrid electronic health records [PDF]

, 2011
The research related with digital health records has been a hot topic since the last two decades, producing diverse results, particularly in two main types – Electronic Health Records and Personal Health Records.
Costa, Carlos Manuel Azevedo, Lopes, Rui Pedro, Oliveira, José Luís, Pedrosa, Tiago, Santos, João C.   +4 more
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Does smart home technology prevent falls in community-dwelling older adults: a literature review

Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, 2014
Background: Falls in older Australians are an increasingly costly public health issue, driving the development of novel modes of intervention, especially those that rely on computer-driven technologies.
Eva Pietrzak, Cristina Cotea, Stephen Pullman   +2 more
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Use of Internet for General and Dental Health along Acculturation Features in a Sample of Mexican Americans [PDF]

, 2017
The objectives of this study were to explore self-reported Internet and electronic platforms used to search for and store medical and dental information among people of Mexican origin.
Aguirre, Odette, Mariño, Rodrigo, Maupomé, Gerardo, Medina-Solís, Carlo   +3 more
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Are Personal Health Records Safe? A Review of Free Web-Accessible Personal Health Record Privacy Policies

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2012
BackgroundSeveral obstacles prevent the adoption and use of personal health record (PHR) systems, including users’ concerns regarding the privacy and security of their personal health information.
Carrión Señor, Inmaculada, Fernández-Alemán, José Luis, Toval, Ambrosio   +2 more
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