Sites help organize personal medical records
WTHR
Nov. 10, 2006
By Anne Marie Tiernon
How organized are you when it comes to your health? The Markle Foundation reports that only 42 percent of Americans keep some form of personal health record. But usually the information is related to medical billing. Now there is a statewide initiative to help Hoosiers, headed up by an instructor at the IUPUI School of Informatics. The hope is that better data leads to better diagnosis and outcomes.
The more doctors you visit, the greater the need for a personal health record. "They all have their own little picture but nobody has the complete picture of you -- so little pieces of a puzzle or chapter in a book but nobody has the complete book on you," said Ruth Walker, IUPUI Health Information Admin program instructor.
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Learn more about the IU School of Informatics:
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