Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (PCEHR)



Table of contents

Executive Summary3

Introduction4

Electronic Health Records5

Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records6

Degree of Awareness in the General Public Regarding the PCEHR7

Gaps in Knowledge and Understanding11

Benefits for the Patients12

Benefits for the Health Care Institutions13

MEDICARE and NEHTA Uptake on PCEHR14

Degree of ' Compliance/Takeup' in General Practice15

Conclusion16

References18

Executive Summary

The health information system database seems to be highly specialized functional and structural units integrated in a particular hospital environment. In this consideration, a Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) keeps the secure, electronic record of patients' medical history, saved and shared on a network of connected systems. The history of medical records consists of the set of documents, written and graphic, referring to episodes of health and illness of a person, and health activity that is generated as a result of these episodes. The Medical Record as such has had difficulties in health institutions to be a legal document that is sometimes ambiguous, not clear to read, with the risk of losing information contained therein by the inherent aspects of paper handling, the varied access personal filing form and space, with electronic medical records is intended that many of these difficulties tend to disappear. The PCEHR will enable the health professionals to build on the foundations which have been laid by the initiation of Individual Health Care Identifiers. A Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) provides safety and security of medical records of patients to the healthcare providers and organizations. It is an electronic record of the medial history of the patient which ensures that the medical data of the patient is shared and stored in a network of connected systems. The PCEHR will bring key health information from a number of different systems together and present it in a single view.

Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (PCEHR)

Introduction

An organization can be successful if it can manage and organize the entire system effectively. For the management of the valuable data, records and information, majority of the organizations utilize the databases available. A database of an organization contains information related to the company, its environment, functions and planning. The health information system database seems to be highly specialized functional and structural units integrated in a particular hospital environment. The system not only helps to manage the processes but also helps in the functioning of the hospital. The data is collected from the patient entry system or from integration with other networks. It then passes through the internal network for use by the various staff units including patients, laboratory, clinical, nursing units, intensive care unit, pharmaceutical, management, administrators, etc.

In this consideration, a Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) keeps the secure, electronic record of patients' medical history, saved and shared on a network of connected systems. The PCEHR controlled and organize medical information of an individual from different systems and arrange it in a manner that it can be viewed as single document containing all the necessary data and information. Information stored in PCEHR can only be accessed and used by the user or ...