This week you learned that the Personal Health Record (PHR) is different from the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and is not covered by HIPAA rules for Privacy and Security. Once a PHR is established, the patient becomes responsible for any disclosures of the information. Information can be added by the patient and also deleted by the patient. However, any corrections do not change the EMR kept by any specific provider.

Step 2: answer all three parts of the initial prompt below:

1. How can the growing use of Personal Health Records be used to improve the delivery of health care to the patient?
2. If a patient can add or delete information in their Personal Health Record, is the PHR the best source of information for a healthcare provider?
3. When we discuss the health record, we refer to data and information. What is the difference between data and information?