Monday, July 14, 2008

Medicare launches personal health records for South Carolina residents

By Dave Hansen, AMNews staff. July 21, 2008.

Medicare has started a yearlong pilot project in South Carolina testing online personal health records as a way to enable beneficiaries to get more involved in their care and better manage their condition.

Patients control their records and decide who has access to them -- from doctors to family members. Users need an ID and password. Physicians could add information to the PHR, but patients could remove it.

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