Transcript Personal Health Information Management

Personal Health Information
Management - PHIM
A relevant example for
information sharing
 CaringBridge.org -http://www.caringbridge.org/
 For example,
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/depasquale
An overall message
 Increasing responsibility of the patients to be
in charge of their treatments.
 Studies show that more engaged and involved
patients respond better to treatment
 Health care is fragmented and specialists do
not communicate with each other, except
through the specialist
 Health care is part of a larger life picture that
involves activities not directly related to the
health treatments.
Fragmentation
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Various doctors
Caregivers
Family
Work
Other interests and activities
 How much should each know? Whose
responsibility is it that the treatment is right?
Personal Health Records
 Tools provide record of health history to the
patient.
 Information generally web based
 Access needs to be open to those who need
the information to treat the patient, but
protected from those who should not see it.
 Keep a record of medications, allergic
reactions, potential interactions of
medications, past conditions, surgery, test
results, etc.
Data collection
 Home health management technologies collect
information about conditions
 Pacemakers can be read through a phone connection
to provide an update on the patient’s condidition from
home
 Diabetes monitors check blood sugar levels
 Some devices monitor for a number of conditions and
send an alert if a danger is detected
 These are especially valuable for people with chronic
conditions who live alone.
Study findings demostrate needs:
 Information is fragmented
 People do not always know what to do with
information when the have it
 People forget or cannot find information when
it is needed
 People can become overwhelmed by
available information
 People’s approach to PIM needs support
Further details, from radiology
 Radiology & IT presentation by Dr. David
Meyer