Portable Health Records in a Mobile Society (Health Informatics)

This book details how electronic health records (EHRs) and medical records (EMRs) can be optimized to enable meaningful interactions between provider and patient to enhance quality of care in this new era of mHealth. As the technologies evolve to provide greater opportunities for mHealth applications, so do the challenges. This book addresses the issues of interoperability limitations, data processing errors and patient data privacy while providing instruction on how blockchain-like processes can potentially ensure the integrity of an externally maintained EHR. __Portable Health Records in a Mobile Society__ identifies important issues and promising solutions to create a truly portable EHRs. It is a valuable resource for all informaticians and healthcare providers seeking an up-to-date resource on how to improve the availability, reliability, integrity and sustainability of these revolutionary developments in healthcare management. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction: The Context of Time and Space (Egondu R. Onyejekwe)....Pages 3-15 Front Matter ....Pages 17-17 Health Records (Solomon N. Koppoe)....Pages 19-28 Standards (Jefferson L. Howe)....Pages 29-34 The EMR/EHR Marketplace (Egondu R. Onyejekwe)....Pages 35-40 US Performance in Healthcare (Egondu R. Onyejekwe)....Pages 41-50 Front Matter ....Pages 51-51 EHR, The Laws and Limits of the Laws (Egondu R. Onyejekwe)....Pages 53-67 Discrimination (Dasantila Sherifi)....Pages 69-76 The As (Dorcas Waithira Maina, Dasantila Sherifi)....Pages 77-86 Privacy (Lovette Chinwah-Adegbola)....Pages 87-100 Front Matter ....Pages 101-101 Patient-Provider Communication (LaQuasha Gaddis)....Pages 103-118 Facility (Olajide Joseph Adebola)....Pages 119-131 Tools (Olajide Joseph Adebola)....Pages 133-137 Administration (Cheryl Austein Casnoff, Roland Gamache, La Quasha Gaddis)....Pages 139-151 Front Matter ....Pages 153-153 Technology/Decisions (Egondu R. Onyejekwe)....Pages 155-188 Security (Hung Ching)....Pages 189-197 FITT Model (Dasantila Sherifi)....Pages 199-208 Portability (Egondu R. Onyejekwe)....Pages 209-223 Front Matter ....Pages 225-225 Impact (Dasantila Sherifi)....Pages 227-232 Communication (Allison Chinyere Nnaka)....Pages 233-240 Semantics (Hung Ching)....Pages 241-248 Analytics (Dasantila Sherifi)....Pages 249-256 Mobility and Cloud Computing (Egondu R. Onyejekwe, Hung Ching)....Pages 257-269 Front Matter ....Pages 271-271 Foresight (Hung Ching)....Pages 273-281 Cost (Jon Rokne)....Pages 283-291 Threats and Barriers (Egondu R. Onyejekwe, Cory L. Hall)....Pages 293-302 Front Matter ....Pages 303-303 Conclusion: Health Record Portability (Egondu R. Onyejekwe, Cory L. Hall)....Pages 305-315 Back Matter ....Pages 317-325