WorldHealthCareBlog.org » The Lifetime Personal Health Record: A Disruptive Innovation : a hosted discussion on innovation in health care

WorldHealthCareBlog.org » The Lifetime Personal Health Record: A Disruptive Innovation : a hosted discussion on innovation in health care: "The Lifetime Personal Health Record: A Disruptive Innovation by Scott MacStravic July 17, 2007 at 10:08 am · Filed under Electronic Medical Records There has been a major effort underway to develop a model for a personal health record (PHR) that would follow individuals and families throughout their lives. One example is the effort by the Dossia Consortium of mammoth U.S. employers, such as Applied Materials, BP America, Intel, Pitney Bowes and Wal-Mart contracting with Omnimedex in Portland, OR, though this has recently run into some snags. [R. Moody “Portland Nonprofit Caught Up in Health Deal Gone Bad” Portland (OR) Business Journal July 13, 2007 (portland.bizjournals.com)] The idea is for individuals to have a personal record of their “health history” that would follow them and provide the basis for continuity of care throughout their lives. Since people will inevitably have multiple, perhaps many, even dozens of changes in employers, insurers and providers throughout their lifespan, a single, lifetime record should follow them and incorporate their health and care experiences for their lifetime. The interest of employers in sponsoring such a development is mainly "