Health
Keeping Your Medical Records Online
Starting this spring, Americans won't have to search through musty old file drawers to discover whether they ever had chicken pox -- the information will be available to them 24 hours per day on the Internet.
The Personal Medical Record system set for launch next month through Dr. C. Everett Koop's Web site and the Physicians' Online network will centralize an individual's personal and demographic information, healthcare contacts, immunizations, office visits, tests, treatments, health histories and a personal health journal.
Koop says on the Web site that the system will be designed so that only the consumer will decide who views or updates the file. "The PMR provides consumers with private, personalized health information based on their unique health history. It empowers consumers to better manage their health by fostering the doctor-patient relationship," Koop says.
Physicians Online will make the records available to its 170,000 members, only after approval by the patient involved, Koop says.
The Personal Medical Record system set for launch next month through Dr. C. Everett Koop's Web site and the Physicians' Online network will centralize an individual's personal and demographic information, healthcare contacts, immunizations, office visits, tests, treatments, health histories and a personal health journal.
Koop says on the Web site that the system will be designed so that only the consumer will decide who views or updates the file. "The PMR provides consumers with private, personalized health information based on their unique health history. It empowers consumers to better manage their health by fostering the doctor-patient relationship," Koop says.
Physicians Online will make the records available to its 170,000 members, only after approval by the patient involved, Koop says.
