There is a nice compendium of resources on electronic health records recently posted on Nursing Online Education Database entitled The Ultimate Guide to Taking Control of Your Health Records by Alisa Miller. This includes not only sites and tools for consumers but also for medical practices.
If you don’t think do-it-yourself electronic health records is going to be big in the near future, take note that none other than Google and Microsoft are getting into the act. True, they currently offer free resources for consumers but already there are companies looking for ways to make a buck off of the EHR industry.
Medical practices in competitive niches may want to consider some type of portal, either as part of their EMR system or in conjunction with their website, in order to communicate more effectively with their patients. This could be anything from offering email communication with physicians to allowing patients to access their medical records, just like Google.
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