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PHRs and the AHIMA Bandwagon

Some thoughts about the current crop of PHRs in the wake of the AHIMA PHR campaign launch as reported by Digital HealthCare & Productivity.

With one of the largest informatics groups in the US set to encourage the adoption of PHRs I am wondering what happens if they are successful.

First of all if there is a 10% – 20% increase in patients requesting their records from healthcare providers, are they staffed to handle this?

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