!!! Overview [1]
[{$pagename}] ([PHR]) contain [Patient Data] and is the same types of information as [Electronic Health Record] and are set up  and managed by [patients]. 

Patients can use [{$pagename}] to maintain and manage their health information in a private, secure, and confidential environment. 

* [{$pagename}] can include information from a variety of sources including clinicians, home monitoring devices, and patients themselves.
* A [{$pagename}], or [PHR], is a health record where health data and information related to the care of a [patient] is maintained by the [patient].[2] 

The intention of a [{$pagename}] is to provide a complete and accurate summary of an individual's medical history which is accessible online. The health data on a [{$pagename}] might include patient-reported outcome data, lab results, data from devices such as wireless electronic weighing scales or collected passively from a smartphone.

!! [{$pagename}] vs [Electronic Health Record]
[{$pagename}] should not be confused with an [Electronic Health Record] ([EHR]). An [EHR] is held and maintained by a various [Health Care Providers] and may contain all the information that once existed in a patient’s paper medical record, but in electronic form.
[{$pagename}] universally focus on providing individuals with the ability to manage their [Health information] and to [control], to varying extents, who can [access] that [health information]. A [PHR] has the potential to provide individuals with a way to create a longitudinal health history and may include common information such as medical diagnoses, medications, and test results.

[{$pagename}] is, or should be, a complete [Electronic Medical Record] to which the [Patient] can implement [Access Control].

!! What is a [{$pagename}] ([PHR])? (Taken from PERSONAL HEALTH RECORDS AND THE [HIPAA PRIVACY RULE|HIPAA Privacy Rule]) [3]
There is currently no universal definition of a [{$pagename}], although several relatively similar definitions exist within the industry. In general, a PHR is an electronic record of an individual’s health information by which the individual controls access to the information and may have the ability to manage, track, and participate in his or her own [Health Care|HealthCare]. 

Most PHRs also provide individuals with the capability to control who can access the health information in the PHR, and because PHRs are electronic and generally accessible over the Internet, individuals have the flexibility to view their health information at any time and from any computer at any location. The accessibility of health information in a PHR may facilitate appropriate and improved treatment for conditions or emergencies that occur away from an individual’s usual health care provider. Additionally, the ability to access one’s own health information in a PHR may assist individuals in identifying potential errors or mistakes in their information. 


!! [{$pagename}] Concerns
[{$pagename}] is very difficult for any individual to maintain for the reasons described below.

! [Health Care Providers] are generally poor about providing [EHR] to patients.
When you ask for your medical records from a [Health Care Provider] you typically receive, sometimes very poor, copies of paper or printed records and I have NEVER gotten any [Electronic Medical Record] in any reasonable format that could be imported. Typically at best you get a PDF formatted document that you may print or occasionally a [Blue Button] that may be importable but they records are all in different formats that it is NOT reasonable to be able to be imported.

__Interestingly many [Health Care Providers] cite the [Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act] ([HIPAA]) as the reason.__

! [Electronic Fitness Device]
There are many, many [Electronic Fitness Device] available and in use today from many manufactures. However the data from [Electronic Fitness Devices] are generally in [data] that is not accessible to the [individual] (ie [Patient])

!! More Information
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* [#1] - [Frequently Asked Questions-www.healthit.gov/|https://www.healthit.gov/providers-professionals/frequently-asked-questions/335#id3|target='_blank'] - based on data observed: 2015-08-23
* [#2] - [Personal health record|Wikipedia:Personal_health_record|target='_blank'] - based on data observed: 2015-08-23
* [#3] - [PERSONAL HEALTH RECORDS AND THE HIPAA PRIVACY RULE|https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/ocr/privacy/hipaa/understanding/special/healthit/phrs.pdf|target='_blank'] - based on data observed: 2015-08-23