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Attribute-Based Encryption
Published in Khaleel Ahmad, M. N. Doja, Nur Izura Udzir, Manu Pratap Singh, Emerging Security Algorithms and Techniques, 2019
Tanvi Gautam, Aditya Thakkar, Nitish Pathak
Personal Health Record (PHR) applications allow patients to manage, initialize, and share their personal information on health. Nowadays, PHR has become a trending topic in the area of healthcare technology. It is mainly stored in the cloud storage which reduces its cost and makes its mechanism easy to store and access. Over the data in PHR, there must be a fine-grained access control approach. The main challenges faced by the users in cloud services of PHR are the privacy, security, and data confidentiality on health. Losing physical control over the PHR data uploaded by the owner on cloud storage, the cloud server gets the access to the plaintext and challenges the security of PHR.
Threats in IoT Supply Chain
Published in Stavros Shiaeles, Nicholas Kolokotronis, Internet of Things, Threats, Landscape, and Countermeasures, 2021
S. A. Kumar, G. Mahesh, Chikkade K. Marigowda
The currently used E-health forms are:EHR (Electronic Health Record)—Acquires detailed information about the patient`s diagnosis and treatment for further evaluation.PHR (Personal health Record)—Private, secure, and confidential space to store patient`s information.
Human–Computer Interaction
Published in Julie A. Jacko, The Human–Computer Interaction Handbook, 2012
François Sainfort, Julie A. Jacko, Molly A. McClellan, Paula J. Edwards
The personal health record (PHR) is an example of an interactive technology that is designed for consumer engagement. The U.S. health care system can be fragmented and often creates passive patients with high-cost dependency on the health care system. The use of PHRs can change this by transforming the consumer’s role while improving the delivery of health care and also facilitating research. The Center for Information Technology Leadership (CITL), a nonprofit research center, released findings on the value of PHRs, concluding that PHRs could save $19 billion annually on a national level by focusing on prevention, early intervention, self-management, and evidence-based care (Kaelber et al. 2008). CITL reported that PHRs, web-based systems that allow patients to populate and maintain their medical data, continuity of care documents, prescription medication lists, health histories, hospital discharge summaries, can also enable consumers to elect to share their information with third parties to facilitate wellness. PHRs empower patients to use their data to better manage their health care and health care costs. The nonprofit Partners Center for Connected Health released a report concluding that EMRs will not reform health care without consumer engagement, stating: “True health care reform will require a more patient-centered approach and a broader policy palette, including incentives for providers to adopt more population health management tools and for patients and consumers to take more ownership of their health” (Kvedar 2008). The goal is for PHRs to serve as integrated tools for health management (Masterson 2008). Some health care organizations have begun offering PHRs to their patients at no cost. Through the PHR, patients are provided access to a portal that enables, for example, viewing and archiving laboratory results, scheduling appointments, and securely messaging their physicians.
Obstacles to continued use of personal health records
Published in Behaviour & Information Technology, 2022
Michele Heath, Tracy H. Porter, Kenneth Dunegan
A personal health record (PHR) is an electronic document which allows patients to access, manage, and share their health information in a private, secure, and confidential environment (Kaelber and Pan 2008). Such tools are intended to get patients more involved in their health care and subsequently improve health literacy, allow patients to communicate directly with their physicians, and promote preventative self-care (Detmer et al. 2008). Previous research has demonstrated a number of benefits to PHRs including reducing health care costs, improving personal health outcomes, and improving the experience of care for patients and their families (Jilka et al. 2015; Kruse, Bolton, and Freriks 2015). These benefits can best be achieved when both patients and providers consistently and continuously utilise the PHR portal.