Personal Health Information Analysis

The idea of personal health records is by no means a new idea. What is new is that health information technology now gives individuals access to their personal health information in an electronic format versus the paper record that is slowly becoming obsolete, and with the new technology, an individual can access their own personal health information at any time.
Due to the advent of the electronic PHRs, the PHR can be determined to be one of three different types of PHR. One such PHR is what most commonly known as the Standalone PHR which allows a person to enter information into their own PHR. Another type of PHR is called a Tethered PHR, and this type of PHR is connected to either a specific healthcare facility or a particular provider, …show more content…
The final type of PHR is what is known as an integrated type of PHR, which integrates patient information with the EHR, and allows the patient to enter personal information and allows the patient to view their entire medical record. So, what is interoperability and how does it impact the personal health record. Interoperability is the enabling of electronic health information exchange data trade through two or more systems and the capacity for that data to be utilized by the beneficiaries of the healthcare data. Three types of interoperability can be identified: Foundational interoperability exchanges data from one HIT system to another without the ability of the recipient system to interpret the data. Structural interoperability is a midlevel type of interoperability that defines a structure for data information exchange. Data exchanged between systems can be read and understood by