It is no secret that managing and providing health care services requires dealing with a vast amount of health information. Increasing pressure to reduce costs, increase the effectiveness of health services, the development and complexity of data and health care information, has created an urgent need to manage the modernity of health information .
In order to create a successful health system that can provide its health services with the right principles and with maximum quality and in the fastest possible time, many factors and components are necessary. One of the basic factors that is needed today to create a successful health care system is the element of information technology .
The personal health record contains medical data and improves the use of patient-centered care.
Patient-centered care is one of the six most important goals for achieving quality care. The personal health record contains medical data and improves the use of patient-centered care. This file allows the patient to record, manage, and share medical information with others, including physicians and family members involved in the care process.
In this regard, confidentiality in the transfer of information to individuals is raised. Simply put, confidentiality means keeping a secret. When a patient receives care, no matter what center and who provides the care, the important thing is that the patient's file information is kept confidential and is kept secret by professional treatment staff and should not be allowed to anyone Does not receive the file, be assigned.
With the advent of information technology, these records have also become electronic and web-based and mobile-based, allowing patients and other health-related people to access medical information from a variety of locations. The term refers to both information on paper and computer information, and more recently it has been referred to as an electronic application that collects and stores health data.
Naturally, the electronic storage of this data makes it possible to analyze this data and better assess the health status of patients. In addition to storing medical information, electronic versions of these records include other add-ons such as sending timely medication reminders, alerts to patients such as high cholesterol or blood sugar, and managing appointments.
Although in this case, either on paper or electronically, no one can force the patient to enter their medical information, but the evaluations of researchers have shown that the use of these files is a significant indicator of health. Improves patients. This file contains a wide range of data, including:
* Allergies and drug reactions
* Information on chronic diseases
* Information on hospitalization periods
* Video reports
* Laboratory test results
* Medications and their dosage
* Version records
* Surgeries and procedures
*vaccination
* Observations from everyday life
* Family records
With the increasing desire to use the Internet and its services among the community and the field of health care, the design of personal and web-based personal health records is recommended to researchers and policy makers of the health system and their active use to patients.