Biomedical Informatics 4th Edition by Edward Shortliffe, James Cimino

Exercise 3

Using telehealth systems, patients cannow have interaction with a large num-ber of health care providers, organiza-tions and resources. As a result,coordination of care becomes increas-ingly difficult. Two solutions have beenproposed. One is to develop better waysto transfer patient-related informationamong existing EHRs. The other is togive the give the patient control of thehealth record, either by giving them asmart card or placing the records on acentral web site controlled by thepatient. Assume and defend one of theseperspectives.