Personal Health Information, Activation & Engagement, Provider Health IT
The Guide to Getting & Using Your Health Records
An Office of the National Coordinator published web guide
This newly published web guide from ONC titled, "The Guide to Getting & Using Your Health Records: The steps, tips, and tools you’ll need to get, check, and use your health record" helps to instruct consumers on how to get their health record from healthcare providers, their rights to those records, and some specific ways in which to get a hold of that information.
From the ONC website: "The Guide to Getting & Using Your Health Records is for patients, parents, and caregivers who want to get their health records. A health record (also known as a medical record) is a written account of a person’s health history, including appointment notes, prescriptions, treatments, tests, and vaccines. It’s also for people who need the record of someone they represent or care for, like a child, elderly parent, or an adult with a disability."
The site also includes activities such as
- a HIPAA 101 quick quiz,
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Troubleshooting Tips
- information on the use of Health Apps
- and guidance on how this information can be useful to you
More links
- A link to ONC's Guide to Getting & Using Your Health RecordsThe Guide to Getting & Using Your Health Records is for patients, parents, and caregivers who want to get their health records. A health record (also known as a medical record) is a written account of a person’s health history, including appointment notes, prescriptions, treatments, tests, and vaccines. It’s also for people who need the record of someone they represent or care for, like a child, elderly parent, or an adult with a disability.
- A link to the article titled, Assessment of Patient Use of a New Approach to Access Health Record Data Among 12 US Health SystemsRecent policy efforts have enhanced patients’ access to their electronic health information with a foundational component that allows them to download health record data to their smartphones.