Title: A patient portal for chronic disease management

Authors: Chif N. Umejei, Daniel Wiafe

Addresses: Department of Medical Informatics State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center Brooklyn, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203, New York, USA. ' Department of Medical Informatics State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center Brooklyn, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203, New York, USA

Abstract: The emergence of the internet coupled with its increase in bandwidth and overall accessibility to the populace has redefined the human interactions. However, despite sporadic growth of technology adoption in most facets of everyday living, there appears to be a lag as it pertains to healthcare. The goal of this paper is to review pertinent literature as it pertains to the development of a patient portal; evaluate how patient portal affect current personal health records (PHR) research; determining what content the patient should have control over, compliance with HIPAA directives, and evaluate some attempts at patient portals that have already been made. All of which will cumulate in the creation of a patient portal, which grant more information to the limitations and possibly shed light on the possible adoption strategies.

Keywords: patient portals; electronic disease management; personal health records; PHR; consumer informatics; chronic diseases; e-healthcare; electronic healthcare; healthcare technology; internet.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMEI.2010.036311

International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics, 2010 Vol.2 No.4, pp.395 - 407

Published online: 01 Nov 2010 *

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