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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Patient Health Record Smart Network Challenges and Trends for a Smarter World.

Dragoş Vicoveanu, Ovidiu Gherman, Iuliana Șoldănescu, Alexandru Lavric

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Dragoş VicoveanuFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava, 720229 Suceava, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-1184-9873
Ovidiu GhermanFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava, 720229 Suceava, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-6133-1485
Iuliana ȘoldănescuIntegrated Center for Research, Development and Innovation for Advanced Materials, Nanotechnologies, Manufacturing and Control Distributed Systems (MANSiD), Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, 720229 Suceava, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-8625-4033
Alexandru LavricFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava, 720229 Suceava, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7734-4854

Funding

Romania's National Recovery and Resilience Plan Artificial intelligence-powered personalized health and genomics libraries for the analysis of long-term effects in COVID-19 patients (AI-PHGL-COVID)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Personal health records (PHRs) are digital repositories that allow individuals to access, manage, and share their health information. By enabling patients to track their health over time and communicate effectively with healthcare providers, personal health records support more personalized care and improve the quality of healthcare. Their integration with emerging technologies, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain, enhances the utility and security of health data management, facilitating continuous health monitoring, automated decision support, and secure, decentralized data exchange. Despite their potential, PHR systems face significant challenges, including privacy concerns, security issues, and digital accessibility problems. This paper discusses the fundamental concepts, requirements, system architectures, and data sources that underpin modern PHR implementations, highlighting how they enable continuous health monitoring through the integration of wearable sensors; mobile health applications; and IoT-enabled medical devices that collect, process, and transmit data to support proactive care and personalized treatments. The benefits and limitations of PHR systems are also discussed in detail, with a focus on interoperability, adoption drivers, and the role of advanced technologies in supporting the development of secure and scalable health information systems for a smarter world.

Indexed as

Electronic Health RecordsHealth Records, PersonalArtificial IntelligenceComputer SecurityHumansInternet of ThingsTelemedicineWearable Electronic Devicesartificial intelligenceblockchainInternet of Thingspatient health recordsPHR architectures and systems

Identifiers

PMID40573609
PMCPMC12196791

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