Personalized Health Information Act
March 13, 2007
HealthcareITNews reports that “Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I. ) plans to jumpstart the use of personal health records through a trust fund that pays doctors.” This will be an incentive program to give doctors $3 per patient using a PHR. Kennedy sees PHRs as an empowerment tool for citizens. Others quoted see them as essential for disease management.
You can read more on Kennedy’s website.
