The Program
The
Pennsylvania Health Information
Management Association (PHIMA,
an affiliate of the American
Health Information Management
Association (AHIMA) offers free
community-based public education
seminars as part of our mission
to provide effective management
of personal health information
needed to deliver quality
healthcare to the public.
The
community-based presentation is
a free program delivered to your
group or organization that
provides valuable information to
help you better manage your
personal health information.
Topics include how to access
your medical records, your
privacy rights, and starting a
personal health record (PHR).
This multimedia presentation is
delivered by a credentialed
Health Information Management
(HIM) professional. Audience
members are given an opportunity
to ask questions along the way
and free informational packets
are provided to each
participant.
AHIMA does not make, sell, or
endorse any PHR products. The
goal of this campaign is to
provide individuals with the
information they need to better
manage their personal health
information and to encourage
them to maintain a PHR in order
to improve the quality of care
they receive.
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The Purpose
Your personal health information
is a valuable resource to you,
your family, and the doctors,
nurses, and other healthcare
professionals who provide your
treatment and care. But did you
know that, in most cases, a
complete record of all of your
personal health information
cannot be found in any single
location or consistent format?
The various elements of any one
person's health information are
likely scattered across several
healthcare providers, possibly
in different cities, states, or
even countries and are kept in
various combinations of
paper-based and electronic
record-keeping formats.
Each one of your healthcare
providers (family practitioner,
allergist, OB-GYN, etc.)
compiles a separate medical
record on you. These multiple
medical records can lead to an
incomplete story about your
health.
Keeping your own PHR allows you
to provide doctors with valuable
information that can help
improve the quality of care you
receive. A PHR can help reduce
or eliminate duplicate tests and
allow you to receive faster,
safer treatment and care in an
emergency. And the PHR empowers
you, the patient. Overall, it
gives you more intimate
knowledge of your health
information allowing you to play
a more active role in your
preventive care and care
management.
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How It Works
We provide the speaker, audience
handouts, and materials to
promote the event at no cost to
you. In return we ask that you
provide the audience, a suitable
date, time, and location for the
presentation, and any technical
or logistical support for the
presentation (ie – laptop,
projector, audio speakers,
microphone, refreshments for
attendees).
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The Web Site
As part of this public education campaign, AHIMA has also created a free public
web site,
www.myphr.com, where you can find a wide range of helpful information and
resources including:
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Information regarding your
health information rights
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Privacy rights and
common privacy myths
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How to access your
records
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Information for
caregivers
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Step-by-step guide for
creating a PHR
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A guided tour to help you
learn more about how your
health information is
collected, where it goes,
and how it’s used.
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An online form to request a
local health information
management professional to
come out and deliver a free
public education seminar to
your group or organization.
*AHIMA does not
make, sell or endorse any PHR
products. We provide this
database as a public service and
encourage people to research the
different types of tools that
are available and choose the one
that is right for them. Many of
the tools listed in this
database are free of charge.
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