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Table 3 Summary of reported benefits of PHR for each condition

From: Conditions potentially sensitive to a Personal Health Record (PHR) intervention, a systematic review

Reported Benefit

Asthma

Diabetes

Fertility

Glaucoma

HIV

Hypertension

Improved Patient Satisfaction with Care

 

2

    

Improved Disease Control

 

5

  

1

 

Decreased Patient Distress

 

1

    

Improved Continuity

  

1

   

Improved medication management

   

1

1

 

Improved Access to own information

 

1

    

Improved access to health knowledge

  

1

   

Improved access to patient information by provider

 

3

    

More effective face-to-face visits

 

3

    

Better Patient-Provider Communication

 

2

1

 

1

 

Improved ability to self manage

1

1

  

3

1

More Activated Patient

1

2

  

1

1

  1. Cell numbers indicate number of studies that measured benefit in that area by health condition.
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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

ISSN: 1472-6947

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