SynthesisJournal of medical Internet research2017
Personal Health Records: A Systematic Literature Review.
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Who cites it
102 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Engaging Patients with Heart Failure in Diet and Nutritional Health Behaviors Through mHealth Applications - A Restricted, Systematic Review.Current heart failure reports · 2026Pooled it
- What are the functionalities and features of mobile health record apps supporting persons experiencing social exclusion? A systematic literature review.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Pooled it
- The gaps and challenges in digital health technology use as perceived by patients: a scoping review and narrative meta-synthesis.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Pooled it
- The Impact of Patient Access to Electronic Health Records on Health Care Engagement: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- Wearable Technologies and AI at the Far Edge for Chronic Heart Failure Prevention and Management: A Systematic Review and Prospects.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Pooled it
- Blockchain Personal Health Records: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- Successfully implementing a national electronic health record: a rapid umbrella review.International journal of medical informatics · 2020Pooled it
- Barriers to patient, provider, and caregiver adoption and use of electronic personal health records in chronic care: a systematic review.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2020Pooled it
- Effect of Notes' Access and Complexity on OpenNotes' Utility.Applied clinical informatics · 2022Trial
- Effects of a Personal Health Record in Maternity Care: A Stepped-Wedge Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Randomized Trial of a Mobile Personal Health Record for Behavioral Health Homes.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2020Trial
- Comparing Characteristics of Patients Who Connect Their iPhones to an Electronic Health Records System Versus Patients Who Connect Without Personal Devices: Cohort Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Trial
- Impact of Personal Health Records and Wearables on Health Outcomes and Patient Response: Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Trial
- An information and communication technology-based centralized clinical trial to determine the efficacy and safety of insulin dose adjustment education based on a smartphone personal health record application: a randomized controlled trial.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2017Trial
- Exploring Patient Empowerment and Health System Outcomes Associated With MyHealthNB, a Provincial Personal Health Record System: Exploratory Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Adoption of Personal Health Records in Dutch Hospitals and Private Medical Clinics: Longitudinal Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Development of cardiovascular clinical research data warehouse and real-world research.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2025Article
- A Design Architecture for Decentralized and Provenance-Assisted eHealth Systems for Enhanced Personalized Medicine.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Article
- Patient Health Record Smart Network Challenges and Trends for a Smarter World.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- 25 Years of Electronic Health Record Implementation Processes: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundInformation and communication technology (ICT) has transformed the health care field worldwide. One of the main drivers of this change is the electronic health record (EHR). However, there are still open issues and challenges because the EHR usually reflects the partial view of a health care provider without the ability for patients to control or interact with their data. Furthermore, with the growth of mobile and ubiquitous computing, the number of records regarding personal health is increasing exponentially. This movement has been characterized as the Internet of Things (IoT), including the widespread development of wearable computing technology and assorted types of health-related sensors. This leads to the need for an integrated method of storing health-related data, defined as the personal health record (PHR), which could be used by health care providers and patients. This approach could combine EHRs with data gathered from sensors or other wearable computing devices. This unified view of patients' health could be shared with providers, who may not only use previous health-related records but also expand them with data resulting from their interactions. Another PHR advantage is that patients can interact with their health data, making decisions that may positively affect their health.
objectiveThis work aimed to explore the recent literature related to PHRs by defining the taxonomy and identifying challenges and open questions. In addition, this study specifically sought to identify data types, standards, profiles, goals, methods, functions, and architecture with regard to PHRs.
methodsThe method to achieve these objectives consists of using the systematic literature review approach, which is guided by research questions using the population, intervention, comparison, outcome, and context (PICOC) criteria.
resultsAs a result, we reviewed more than 5000 scientific studies published in the last 10 years, selected the most significant approaches, and thoroughly surveyed the health care field related to PHRs. We developed an updated taxonomy and identified challenges, open questions, and current data types, related standards, main profiles, input strategies, goals, functions, and architectures of the PHR.
conclusionsAll of these results contribute to the achievement of a significant degree of coverage regarding the technology related to PHRs.
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