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Southampton launches My Health Record

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust has become the first acute trust to launch a personal health record built on
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Patient access concerns voiced by GPC

GP leaders have said they are concerned giving patients access to their online record could risk their medical history being
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South Devon signs Patients Know Best

South Devon Health Informatics Service has signed up with patient-controlled record system supplier Patients Know Best to provide patients with
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More than half of Kaiser members use PHR

US healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente has achieved a 58% adoption rate for its electronic personal health record among eligible members.
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UPMC develops two-way record

Coverage from HIMSS10 The University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre has developed a personal, bidirectional health record that will enable patients
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Google Health now made for sharing

Google Health has unveiled a new feature of its online personal health record that allows users to share their medical
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IBM teams with Google to mobilise patient data

New software to enable data to be easily moved from remote personal monitoring devices into Google Health personal health records
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Study finds US PHR use remains low

Despite high levels of interest, the vast majority of US citizens have yet to use or create a personal health
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HL7 publishes draft PHR standards

International healthcare IT standards body Health Level Seven (HL7), has published the Personal Health Record System Functional Model (PHR-S FM)
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Interoperable PHRs could save US $21bn a year

A US study has projected that personal health records have the potential to save the US healthcare system €16.3 billion
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