Information technology era has come up with many dynamic changes.
It effectively settles the doctor-patient relationship too. Users generally
prefer Internet to seek online health information instead of asking friends and
going through reference books, offline sources or even health news reports. Internet
is one of the primary concerns that provide all the information about health
and related issues. Majority patients go with online searches to handle their
medical problems not because they mistrust their doctors, as now they believe
that personal control over their illness can be figured out very easily.
Patients will never suffer from any
problem, while setting their medical appointments with the doctors. Personal
Health records (PHR) is one of the unique contributions that provides patients
an online access to get their past and current health information directly from
their doctor’s website. With PHR, patients get information about their personal
assessments, medications, general allergies, immunizations and procedures too.
PHR is completely free and reliable. Patients can get their
personal online portal from which they can record, track and even save their
important health related information at one secure online place. With the
improved workflow and efficiency of a practice, free technical support is also
provided where needed. Patients can easily manage their personal health records
like demographic information, appointment history, health records, lab tested
results, payment reports, outstanding balances and claim history, available
24/7 from any Internet-ready computer. Level of trust between a doctor and a patient
gets more compact since online information-seeking is higher among the patients
who get all the information from Internet.
Doctors play a dynamic role in supporting online health
challenges. They need to be attentive and alert to provide the same degree of
reassurance, their patients expects from them. Direct communication through the
patient-doctor communication module and viewing direct comments from the
personal providers strengthen a Doctor-patient relationship. Moreover, majority
patients feel much comfortable to get any sort of online information from their
doctors. This has also developed trust and confidence among the patients, who
prefer online health solutions.
PHR allows online scheduling, from which patients can simply schedule their own appointments directly through the practice’s website. An ideal PHR holds an incredible ability, since it can easily get and assess the information from a patient's lab results or monitoring devices; store a patient's remarks about the physical and social environment and link with a doctor’s electronic health record (EHR). PHRs can also make health care more reasonable by urging avoidance and wellness, and by reforming better care delivery.
PHR allows online scheduling, from which patients can simply schedule their own appointments directly through the practice’s website. An ideal PHR holds an incredible ability, since it can easily get and assess the information from a patient's lab results or monitoring devices; store a patient's remarks about the physical and social environment and link with a doctor’s electronic health record (EHR). PHRs can also make health care more reasonable by urging avoidance and wellness, and by reforming better care delivery.
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