Technologies have always played a significant role in patient-physician relationship. Previous innovations in communications like telephone and pager have significantly changed the way interactions between physicians and patients are performed and also have increased the ease of accessibility to health care providers service. With the growth of computer technology new means of interaction and communication could be possible.
The increased awareness among consumers about their health needs has resulted in the need for an optimum, easy accessible medical record in the past several years. This has resulted in upsurge of activity around the early adoption of electronic personal medical records among physicians and consumers. But, the adoption of Digital Personal Health records much slower than anticipated.
The future of Medicine will be more of preventive care,with Individual-centric model.Wherein the Healthy Individuals will have more control over their health and also mode of delivery.The beginning will be by optimizing health care information through education.Followed by personal health record.Then by delivering pertinent information to physicians.
With a scientific study published in 2006 in British Medical Journal showing that consumer searches using Google as search engine revealed the correct diagnosis in 15 (58%, 95% confidence interval 38% to 77%) cases.it is only a matter of time,before Google or Microsoft enters into Health care arena to battle for supremacy.But,health although is universal issue,yet the delivery of health care information is not quite simple.
In the current news at Health care world Google and Microsoft are keen to enter into the world of Personal Health Record world.With Health care technology is billed as the next big revolution in IT industry.It is quite certain that the next wave of supremacy will be to be the leader in health care information.
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Reference:
http://www.open.medicdrive.org
Open MedicDrive is a collaborative Wiki for advancing and educating about the role of Health care Information Technology in Personal Health Record Management.