PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Christian P Subbe
AU  - John Øvretveit
AU  - Nicola Quinn
AU  - Jeremy C Wyatt
TI  - Digital Technology: Opportunities and barriers for usage of personal health records in hospital – report from a ­workshop of the Health Informatics Unit at the Royal ­College of Physicians
AID  - 10.7861/futurehosp.6-1-52
DP  - 2019 Feb 01
TA  - Future Healthcare Journal
PG  - 52--56
VI  - 6
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/6/1/52.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/6/1/52.full
SO  - Future Healthc J2019 Feb 01; 6
AB  - Personal health records (PHRs) are thought to offer benefits and are promoted by health policy makers and some healthcare systems. Evidence for usage by patients in hospital is limited. This article reports a one-day workshop hosted by the Royal College of Physicians that considered the evidence of the value to patients and others, the challenges to adoption and use of PHRs and sought to identify the practical and research questions that need to be answered. The purpose of this article is to provide readers with an overview of the issues and possible future for hospital application of PHRs in the UK’s NHS, especially for supporting self-care, family carers and advancing person-centred care. It aims to share the experience and ideas of those taking part in the workshop and reference resources that we have found useful while highlighting areas for future research.