2. Personal health records (PHR)
are expected to be adopted by
75% of patients by 2020 in NHS
England (“Personal Health Record
Adoption Rates Exceed MU
Requirements,” 2016), which
spends £15.5 billion annually on
medication(Andalo, 2015).
Medication adherence is the
extent to which a patient follows
the recommendations of a
healthcare provider towards
medication intake and lifestyle
changes (De Geest & Sabaté,
2003).
An average of 65% of PHR
suppliers do not include
medication reconciliation nor
ordering repeat prescriptions via
the PHR that they offer. 50% of
these providers do not have any
medication adherence
functionality embedded in their
systems (Sathanandam, Rastall, &
Hoogewerf, 2016).
3. Aim: to identify the essential design features of the personal
health records (PHR) that will assist type 1 diabetes (T1D) adult
patients or patients with at least one chronic condition and
comorbidity to comply with their medication.
Primary objective: How can the use of PHR assist adult patients
with chronic diseases in medication adherence? What do we
know so far?
4. Andalo, D. (2015). NHS drug spending rises by 8% to £15.5bn in
England. The Pharmaceutical Journal.
https://doi.org/10.1211/PJ.2015.20200096
De Geest, S., & Sabaté, E. (2003). Adherence to long-term therapies:
Evidence for action. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2(4),
323. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-5151(03)00091-4
Personal Health Record Adoption Rates Exceed MU Requirements.
(2016). Retrieved April 5, 2017, from
http://patientengagementhit.com/news/personal-health-record-
adoption-rates-exceed-mu-requirements
Sathanandam, S., Rastall, P., & Hoogewerf, J. (2016). Personal health
record ( PHR ) landscape review Final report.
Thank you Dr. Philip Scott