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Information is power – quick PHR facts

Posted on 25 January 2012 Posted in Individuals & Families

A PHR enables control of your health information and gives you the power to make informed decisions. Americans who have access to their health information through personal health records (PHRs):

  • Are more knowledgeable about their health
  • Take better care of themselves than when their health information was less accessible to them in paper records.
  • 40% of PHR users with multiple chronic conditions did something to improve their health, compared to 24% of others interviewed.
  • Reduced duplicate tests and procedures
  • Help reduce absenteeism and presenteeism

  Source: California HealthCare Foundation Study (CHCF) April 13, 2010.

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