Removing barriers in using personal health record systems

Abstract

Personal health record (PHR) is considered a crucial part in improving patient outcomes. However the adoption rate by the general public in the US still remains low. To find out the barriers in adopting PHR, we have surveyed articles related to personal health record system (PHRS) from 2008 to 2016 and categorized them into 6 different categories such as motivation, barriers, ownerships, interoperability, privacy, and security and portability. In this paper, we propose a framework that can help lift such barriers and motivate people to adopt PHRS so they can manage their health by monitoring and controlling their clinical data using PHRS.