FROM THE FOUNDATION

The Social Life of Health Information

A new Pew Internet/CHCF national survey finds the Internet has joined doctors and family members as one of the top three ways people search for answer to their health care questions.

Evaluating One-e-App

CHCF and The California Endowment funded the development of One-e-App, a Web-based program that enables users to apply for multiple public insurance programs at once. Read a business case assessment by The Lewin Group.

Privacy, Security, and the Stimulus Bill

The recently enacted economic stimulus legislation includes a number of improvements to federal health privacy law. This brief looks at issues of privacy and security in the wake of ARRA.

EHRs and PHRs

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Aetna Unveils Interactive PHRs

Aetna on Tuesday launched an interactive personal health record that provides its members with online access to their health data and sends personalized messages to members and physicians, United Press International reports.

The PHR uses the CareEngine System by Aetna's stand-alone firm ActiveHealth Management. The system matches members' health data and claims information with "highly respected sources of medical literature," and it alerts members and physicians "about possible urgent situations" and ways to improve their health care, according to United Press International.

The online PHRs can be updated by members to include information, such as hereditary diseases or conditions and over-the-counter prescription drugs that they take, according to Aetna (Gilcrest, United Press International, 10/3).



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