strategies that can be used to promote patient use of PHR/patient portal

Review your textbook section II- chapters 12 to 16.

In your discussion this week address the following topics:

1. PGHD are a valuable source of health information to optimize care delivery for a patient as well as evolve healthcare decision-making for the public good. Discuss strategies that can be used to promote patient use of PHR/patient portal
2. Debate whether or not patients should be able to control the information in their EHR and have the sole right to decide who can access their data.
   

   PGHD are a valuable source of health information to optimize care delivery for a patient as well as evolve healthcare decision-making for the public good. Discuss strategies that can be used to promote patient use of PHR/patient portal

   Introduction

   The Patient Health Record (PHR) is a valuable source of health information to optimize care delivery for a patient as well as evolve healthcare decision-making for the public good. As part of this process, we should consider strategies that can be used to promote patient use of PHR/patient portal.

   Improve patient access to PGHD.

   To improve patient access to PGHD, you should:

   • Make sure that patients have access to the PHR from home, work and on the go.
   • Provide access to the PHR from any device (e.g., smartphones).
   • Ensure that patients can access their PHR from anywhere they are–at home or in public places like malls or airports–without having an internet connection or Wi-Fi connectivity.

   Offer PGHD across settings.

   The ability to access a patient’s PGHD is important not only for patients, but also for providers. Providers can use this information to improve their care delivery and decision-making, while the patient can use it as an additional resource in making decisions about their health care.

   • Offer PGHD across multiple devices. Patients should be able to access their PGHD from multiple devices (such as phones and computers), as well as any provider location or setting where they receive care. This includes hospital rooms and clinics; however, it does not include home visits or other locations outside traditional healthcare settings such as pharmacies or urgent care centers.[3]

   Expand providers’ use of PGHD.

   • Provider education. Providers should be trained to use the PGHD, including how to access data in real time and who can share information with them.
   • Data-sharing initiative. In order to benefit from this technology, providers must develop ways of sharing patient data with one another across different settings (i.e., hospital vs primary care setting) or with other organizations that are interested in improving care quality or providing more efficient services for patients and providers alike. This includes implementing systems such as Electronic Health Record (EHR), shared decision making tools such as Epic EHR, multidisciplinary teams within hospitals/clinics etcetera

   Integrate PGHD with existing systems and technologies.

   In addition to integrating PGHD into existing systems, it is important to consider how this integration can best be achieved. There are a number of ways in which PHR/patient portals can be integrated with existing health information technology (HIT) systems. For example, if a patient has an HIE or EMR system that includes an electronic health record (EHR), then the addition of PGHD would allow for communication between these two systems. The EHR would provide information about what medications a patient takes and their dosages; however, it does not tell physicians how much medication each patient actually takes on any given day or week–this data needs to come from other sources as well as from patients themselves who may forget when they last took their medications or even potentially give incorrect dosing instructions such as “one pill twice daily” instead

   of “two pills every morning.” By integrating PGHD with these other sources through APIs like HL7 v2 messages or iFrame links which link directly back into patients’ medical charts at hospitals/clinics etc., we could provide much more detailed analytics about usage patterns among different populations so we could improve upon our current care delivery models while reducing costs associated with unnecessary visits by providers trying unsuccessfully find out why they’re seeing more patients than usual despite having no idea what caused it

   Provide educational support for patient use of PHR/patient portal.

   Provide educational support for patient use of PHR/patient portal.

   The public health system should provide education and information about how to use the portal, including:

   • What it is and what it does.
   • Where it can be accessed.
   • What kinds of things are available on the portal that are relevant to your specific needs as a patient (e.g., where do I find my personal medical record? How do I access lab results?).

   PHR users will be more likely to use them when they are convenient, accessible and easy to access

   PHR users will be more likely to use them when they are convenient, accessible and easy to access.

   • Provide a detailed description of the problem:
   • List possible solutions:
   • Share your PHR with other providers in your practice or organization (if you have one). This can help you improve care quality, patient satisfaction and reduce costs. If there is no external portal for this purpose, consider creating one yourself or partnering with another organization that already has one in place.
   • Develop an internal portal where staff can share information with each other about patients’ needs/conditions/problems etc., as well as provide answers to commonly asked questions such as “What does this mean?” or “How do I fix this?” This will allow everyone involved in providing care for these individuals (from physicians through nurses) better understand what’s going on with each person at any given time so they know if something needs attention sooner than later rather than later when things get worse due to lack of communication between teams working together efficiently but separately because nobody knows who else might be needed most urgently during emergencies situations such as childbirths!”

   Conclusion

   PHR users will be more likely to use them when they are convenient, accessible and easy to access.