Patient accessible electronic health records: Exploring recommendations for successful implementation strategies

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Wiljer, David ^a,b   Urowitz, Sara ^a   Apatu, Emma ^c   DeLenardo, Claudette ^d   Eysenbach, Gunther ^b,e   Harth, Tamara ^f   Pai, Howard ^g,h,i   Leonard, Kevin J ^b,e  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GRAND RIVER HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^f DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

ⁱ BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access; Access to information; Electronic Health Record (EHR); Health planning guidelines; Medical records; Personal Health Record (PHR); Recommendations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIVACY; WORKSHOPJ; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER SECURITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT RIGHT; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PATIENT ACCESS TO RECORDS;

EID: 58149252163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.1061     Document Type: Article

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