title: A patient-centric taxonomy for personal health records (PHRs).
abstract: Today, the nascent field of personal health records (PHRs) lacks a comprehensive taxonomy that encompasses the full range of PHRs currently in existence and what may be possible. The Center for Information Technology Leadership (CITL) has created a taxonomy that broadly defines a PHR as having both an infrastructure component, which allows for data viewing and sharing, and an application component, allowing for self-management and information exchange. The taxonomy also accounts for different PHR architectures provider, payer, third-party, or interoperable. This comprehensive taxonomy may help to define the field of PHRs and provide a framework for assessing PHR value.
authors.affiliation: Center for Information Technology Leadership (CITL), Partners HealthCare System, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Kaelber
authors.forename: David Charles
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Kaelber
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Sapna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Sapna S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: Blackford
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Middleton
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D008404:Massachusetts; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009323:Natural Language Processing; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*; D013358:Subject Headings