Personal health records (PHRs) contain sensitive information that needs to be protected from unauthorized access. At the same time, patients may need share their PHRs with healthcare providers or researchers receive appropriate care participate in medical studies. Attribute-based proxy re-encryption keyword search (ABPRE-KS) is a what cryptographic technique enables secure and controlled sharin...

OBJECTIVE To design, build, implement, and evaluate a personal health record (PHR), tethered to the Military Health System, that leverages Microsoft® HealthVault and Google® Health infrastructure based on user preference. MATERIALS AND METHODS A pilot project was conducted in 2008-2009 at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington. Our PHR was architected to a flexible platform that in...

Electronic Health Records are typically created and stored in different places, by different healthcare providers, using different formats and technology. This poses an obstacle to patient mobility and contributes to scatter personal health related information. Patients constantly move between healthcare providers, searching for a better service, lower prices or specialists. It is important tha...

many projects on developing electronic health record (ehr) systems have been carried out in many countries. the current study was conducted to review the published data on the utilization of open source ehr systems in different countries all over the world. using free text and keyword search techniques, six bibliographic databases were searched for related articles. the identified papers were s...

Two prospective surveys of the immunisation state and its documentation were conducted among children under 2 years old attending a children's hospital. A survey of 111 children attending the casualty or outpatient departments showed that, according to reliable records, 106 (95%) were fully immunised for age with oral polio vaccine, 93 (84%) with triple antigen, and 26 of 33 children greater th...

A record of current medications as well as prior medication history is useful if not vital information to an individual. Such information needs to be easily accessible, yet adequately protected. MyMedicationList is a prototype application developed at the National Library of Medicine that helps users manage their medication lists and make the records readily available when needed. This personal...