Saturday, June 28, 2008

Personal Health Records on the Hill

Last week, I joined the Project HealthDesign grantees in DC as they shared their projects on Capitol Hill. It was an opportunity for the grantees to brief members of Congress and their staff about personal health records (PHRs) and the importance of engaging patients in the design and functionality of PHRs. We've talked about Project HealthDesign before on this blog, so you may remember that Project HealthDesign focuses on the patient or end user. (Conversely, most PHRs available today respond