It's Not About the Record

It's Not About the Record: "As a follow up to Jane Sarasohn-Kahn's recent commentary, 'Really Personal PHRs,' I would like to offer reinforcement of her opinion that health IT advocates need to do a better job of making personal health records relevant to consumers' needs. Like Sarasohn-Kahn, I also attended the 'Connecting Americans to Their Health Care: Empowered Consumers, Personal Health Records and Emerging Technologies' conference last month in Washington, D.C. I came away both hopeful and frustrated. "