title: Personal health records: meaningful use, but for whom?
abstract: Providers and hospitals have received more than $5 billion from the federal government for meaningfully using electronic health records as of April 2012. Meaningful Use stage 1 makes adoption of the personal health record optional. The proposed Meaningful Use stage 2 regulations make personal health record use mandatory. There is peer-reviewed literature to support a personal health record adoption rate of 10%, which is optional in stage 1 and required in stage 2. The literature also supports the use of secure messaging required in stage 2. However, there is little evidence to support other stage 2 personal health record requirements and dependencies. Further study is urgently needed to ensure that Meaningful Use stage 2 is meaningful for both patients and providers.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. joseph.kannry@mountsinai.org
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kannry
authors.forename: Pratharna
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beuria
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nissim
mesh_terms: D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D006801:Humans; D062527:Meaningful Use / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States