Embracing a health services research perspective on personal health records: Lessons learned from the VA my healthevet system

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Nazi, Kim M ^a   Hogan, Timothy P ^a,b   Wagner, Todd H ^c,d   McInnes, D Keith ^a,e   Smith, Bridget M ^a,b,f   Haggstrom, David ^a,e,g,h   Chumbler, Neale R ^a,e,h   Gifford, Allen L ^a,e,i   Charters, Kathleen G ^j   Saleem, Jason J ^a,e,g,k   Weingardt, Kenneth R ^a,c,d,l   Fischetti, Linda F ^e   Weaver, Frances M ^a,b,f,m  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^j Creative Computing Solutions Inc   (United States)

^k Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

^l MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^m NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Health information; Health services research; Personal health records; PHR

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSUMER; COOPERATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; VETERAN;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 76549104408     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-1114-6     Document Type: Review

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