Application and Evaluation of Personal Health Information Management System

Author

Kim, Eung-Hun ; Wang, Maisie ; Lau, Christopher ; Kim, Yongmin

Author_Institution

Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

1-5 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

3159

Lastpage

3162

Abstract

A web-based patient-centered personal health record (PHR), called the Personal Health Information Management System (PHIMS), has been developed and its usability has been evaluated in conjunction with a referral system, called the Facilitated Accurate Referral Management System (FARMS). To estimate the system requirements of PHIMS for wider clinical use, we have also studied PHIMS usage by analyzing server log files. A preliminary study showed 85% of survey respondents were satisfied with the usability and 94% were satisfied with the overall online referral process. The physicians were satisfied with the content of subjects´ personal health information and found the information detailed enough to triage all requested referrals.

Keywords

Internet; World Wide Web; patient-centered care; personal health record; referral; use statistics; File servers; Health information management; History; Insurance; Internet; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Statistical distributions; Usability; Web sites;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2004. IEMBS '04. 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8439-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403891

Filename

1403891