AbstractBackground: The Personal Health Record (PHR) is an electronic record that allows
patients to maintain, manage and access their health information in one secure location …

Standalone electronic personal health record can be a useful tool that enables individuals to
store, arrange and share their health information easily and they can build a history of their …

Access to healthcare is regarded as a basic and essential human right. It is generally
acknowledged that Information and Communication Technology solutions have potential to …

Patient privacy is an issue on the forefront of health information exchange (HIE) discussions
as patient privacy concerns are often cited as an implementation barrier. While protecting …

The purpose of this article is to clarify how term personal health record (PHR) is defined and
used in literature. A systematic literature review was conducted to find out what are used as …

The purposes of this article are to investigate how the term'personal health record'(PHR) is
used in the literature and to offer a proposal for future uses of the term. A systematic …

A Personal Health Record (PHR) is a set of internet-based tools that allow individuals to
create, store and coordinate their lifelong health information in one place making it available …

ABSTRACT Personal Health Records (PHRs) play a pivotal role in improving the delivery of
patient-centric healthcare services. They have proven to be an indispensable tool in the self …

Abstract Research Problem: The South African health system faces numerous challenges
associated with its status as a middle-income developing nation. Wasteful expenditure and …

The South African healthcare system is facing extensive financial difficulties when it comes
to caring for patients with preventable lifestyle diseases (Watermeyer 2013). A large …