Korean J Fam Med.  2015 May;36(3):121-127. 10.4082/kjfm.2015.36.3.121.

Establishing a Personal Health Record System in an Academic Hospital: One Year's Experience

• Ro HJ
• Jung SY
• Lee K
• Hwang H
• Yoo S
• Baek H
• Lee K
• Bae WK
• Han JS
• Kim S
• Park H

• KMID: 2304114
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2015.36.3.121

Abstract

BACKGROUND
Personal health records (PHRs) are web based tools that help people to access and manage their personalized medical information. Although needs for PHR are increasing, current serviced PHRs are unsatisfactory and researches on them remain limited. The purpose of this study is to show the process of developing Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (SNUBH)'s own PHR system and to analyze consumer's use pattern after providing PHR service.
METHODS
Task force team was organized to decide service range and set the program. They made the system available on both mobile application and internet web page. The study enrolled PHR consumers who assessed PHR system between June 2013 and June 2014. We analyzed the total number of users on a monthly basis and the using pattern according to each component.
RESULTS
The PHR service named Health4U has been provided from June 2013. Every patient who visited SNUBH could register Health4U service and view their medical data. The PHR user has been increasing, especially they tend to approach via one way of either web page or mobile application. The most frequently used service is to check laboratory test result.
CONCLUSION
For paradigm shift toward patient-centered care, there is a growing interest in PHR. This study about experience of establishing and servicing the Health4U would contribute to development of interconnected PHR.

Keyword

Personal Health Records; Electronic Health Records; Patient-Centered Care

MeSH Terms

Advisory Committees
Electronic Health Records
Health Records, Personal*
Humans
Internet
Mobile Applications
Patient-Centered Care
Seoul