title: Promoting adoption, usability, and research for personal health records in Canada: the MyChart experience.
abstract: Sunnybrook's MyChart Personal Health Record (PHR) represents a direct extension of the hospital's electronic health record and an innovative form of healthcare record that promises to change the way patients and providers access and manage the information required to participate in their care. Early attempts at the development of PHR features have evolved into a set of emergent best practices that should directly inform the ongoing development of the MyChart platform and should be complemented with a research agenda that supports evidence-based analysis and design considerations affecting clinical efficacy, administrative efficiency, and value generation for all PHR stakeholders.
authors.affiliation: Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4N 3M5, Canada. jeff.curtis@sunnybrook.ca
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.forename: Sarina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D014584:User-Computer Interface