title: Closer to reality. Personal health records represent a step in the right direction for interoperability of healthcare IT systems and accessibility of patient data.
authors.affiliation: Medical Records Institute, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: C Peter
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Waegemann
mesh_terms: D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D033283:Patient Access to Records; D010358:Patient Participation; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D018511:Systems Integration; D014481:United States