Journal article
Implementation of personal health records by case managers in a VAMC general medicine clinic
Patient education and counseling, Vol.54(1), pp.27-33
2004
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00184-8
PMID: 15210257
Abstract
The study objective was to determine the feasibility of implementation of personal health records (PHRs) by case managers (CMs) in a Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) Continuity of Care (COC) Clinic, to ascertain the impact of PHRs on patient access to vital health information, and to assess the effect on provider–patient communication. One hundred and fifty patients and 8 nurse CMs in the general medicine COC Clinic at the Iowa City VAMC participated in a prospective cohort study in which an intervention, implementation of PHRs, was performed in one half of the patients, selected at random by their CMs. All participants responded to questions about their personal possession of documentation of vital health information. Initially, the majority of subjects possessed poor documentation of basic health information. At follow-up, significant differences occurred between the cohort with PHRs and the cohort without in their documentation of immunizations, allergies, medications, and operations.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Implementation of personal health records by case managers in a VAMC general medicine clinic
- Creators
- Joanne K Tobacman - College of Medicine, University of Iowa Health Care, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242-1081, USAPamella Kissinger - Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Highway 6W, Iowa City, IA 52246, USAMarilyn Wells - Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Highway 6W, Iowa City, IA 52246, USAJoan Prokuski - Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Highway 6W, Iowa City, IA 52246, USAMary Hoyer - Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Highway 6W, Iowa City, IA 52246, USAPatricia McPherson - Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Highway 6W, Iowa City, IA 52246, USAJulie Wheeler - Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Highway 6W, Iowa City, IA 52246, USAJoyce Kron-Chalupa - Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Highway 6W, Iowa City, IA 52246, USACarol Parsons - Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Highway 6W, Iowa City, IA 52246, USAPatricia Weller - Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Highway 6W, Iowa City, IA 52246, USABridget Zimmerman - Biostatistical Consulting Center, College of Public Health, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA 52242-1081, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Patient education and counseling, Vol.54(1), pp.27-33
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ireland Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00184-8
- PMID
- 15210257
- ISSN
- 0738-3991
- eISSN
- 1873-5134
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2004
- Academic Unit
- Biostatistics
- Record Identifier
- 9983997345502771
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