Figure 5
From: Designing a patient-centered personal health record to promote preventive care
Detailed Personal Prevention. This is an example of a patient's detailed personal message about cholesterol. Content is modeled after HealthFinder.gov and framed to promote patient action. Specific elements include: (1) An explicit guideline-based recommendation presented in patient language; (2) Content is personalized for each patient, both summarizing the patient's individual profile and highlighting patient characteristics to make the content more relevant; (3) Positive aspects are emphasized to make the message motivational; (4) Patients are provided a personalized library of non-commercial, evidence-based, and patient-centered tools to guide their next steps and manage their preventive care; (5) Patients can view all available past values, which are graphically displayed and trended to demonstrate any changes; and (6) All content is framed to link the patient back to their personal clinician. For preventive services with a balance of risks and benefits, messages also contain (a) a description of the risks of the preventive services and (b) information about how to decide if the preventive service is appropriate for an individual.