Randomized Trial of an Electronic Personal Health Record for Mental Health Patients

Druss BG, Ji X, Glick G, von Esenwein SA. Randomized trial of an electronic personal health record for patients with serious mental illnesses. Am J Psychiatry 2014 Mar; 171(3):360-8. [Supported by grant R18 HS17829.] Select to access the abstract.

CONCLUSIONS:

Having a personal health record resulted in significantly improved quality of medical care and increased use of medical services among patients. Personal health records could provide a relatively low-cost scalable strategy for improving medical care for patients with comorbid medical and serious mental illnesses.
PMID: 24435025 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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