How Do Patient Portals and Personal Health Records Differ?
Lloyd Price
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
TETHERED PERSONAL HEALTH RECORDS VERSUS PATIENT PORTALS A tethered PHR, as defined by the ONC, is an online interface tied to an EHR with which patients may view and sometimes interact with their health data. Google launched its standalone PHR, Google Health, back in 2008 as health IT began to gain traction through government incentives.
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