Making PHRs personal !

“The focus of PHR development so far has been on what is contained in the medical system: claims, lab results, clinical data, diagnosis,” says Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, professor of Nursing and Industrial Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and director of Project HealthDesign’s National Program Office. “That’s a good start, but we believe that information about how you live and how you feel on a day-to-day basis is important, and can be incorporated into PHRs to empower patients to make better health care decisions on a daily basis.”