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January 10, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Since health reform passed almost two years ago, we’ve seen the health care system begin to change quite a bit. The push for better uses of health IT has brought about many proposed rules and programs, and federal agencies have requested public inpu ...
December 19, 2011 | Story
Related websites RWJF Clinical Scholars RWJF Scholars, Fellows and Leadership programs A survey of patients who use an electronic system to manage their personal health information found that most would like to share access to this system with other ...
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article profiles the results of grantee projects from the first round of Project HealthDesign, a multiyear program sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the California HealthCare Foundation. Project HealthDesign aims to stimulate innovation in personal health records.
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded Project HealthDesign to develop new prototypes that give patients access to personal health records (PHRs). This guest editorial from the Journal of Biomedical Informatics introduces a supplement summarizing the initial work of Project HealthDesign
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article describes the development of the Communication and Care Plan, a patient-centered online tool for the management of breast cancer treatment. CCP helps providers design treatment plans and makes treatment more manageable for patients.
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article profiles a prototype of a personal health record for adolescents with special health care needs. This type of personal health record, called a Living Profile, is a health media platform that collects data from multiple sources.
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article describes a prototype of a Personal Health Management Assistant, a computer program designed to help individuals with heart failure improve self-management of their health. The Health Assistant can interact with patients with heart failure and can proactively assist with home care.
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article describes the development of a personal health application that facilitates self-management of diabetes. Diabetes is a common, disabling disease in the United States that requires significant self-management to be successfully treated.
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A Personal Health Application running on a tablet PC and using simple navigation, touch screens, and artifacts and workflows based on everyday life, can help older Americans and lay caregivers with limited computing experience manage medications, particularly during care transitions.
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A working prototype of an electronic system to help caregivers and children with chronic illness manage medications has been well received and, most importantly, demonstrates that young children can help ensure they receive medications on time throughout their day.