Facts about Personal health records

A Harris interactive poll found that 42 percent of adults maintained some sort of personal or family records. But, only 13 % did so electronically.

The biggest concerns are privacy and accuracy and these issues are deterring adoption.

http://www.KeepSeniorsHealthy.com and http://www.PassportMD.com are two sites that we have created for FREE service so that people will begin to adopt personal health records. We emphasize security and protection. We do not ask for social security numbers and adhere to the strict guidelines of the BBB privacy Seal.

Other companies that offer similar services are http://www.medicalert.com and http://www.capmed.com .

Here is a list of findings from the Harris Interactive Poll..

Of the people that keep a record of their health:
68 % keep it in a drawer
15 % in a formal health record book
13 % in an electronic health record

the biggest concerns by patients' regarding personal health records are:
Privacy 68%
Security 66%
Errors in records 37%
Wont be accessible in times of emergency 37%
Cant keep it up to date 33 %
Info from doctors wont be accurate 29%
Inability to transfer records 26%
Inability to understand items 20%
other 5%

Other blogs that contain some great health information are:

http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/

http://blog.thirdage.com/?p=613

http://www.highlandpdx.com/blog/?cat=12

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/schwitz/healthnews/2005_02.html