Records For Living Inc Releases HealthFrameTM The Family Health Organizer



April 26 2005 Records For Living Inc is introducing HealthFrameTM 10 a stateoftheart personal health record PHR management system that compiles health and wellnessrelated information gathered throughout an individuals entire life HealthFrameTM enables a consumer to consolidate information from multiple organizations and health care providers including hospitals medical doctors dentists chiropractors nutritionists personal trainers and all others involved in care Furthermore HealthFrameTM allows the consumer and his or her health care providers to access that information quickly and easily ensuring that health care decisions are based on complete and accurate information at all times Too often medical professionals must rely on incomplete information when directing the care of their patients says Simone Pringle President and Founder of Records for Living Inc Duplicative inadequate or even dangerous care can result HealthFrameTM users are in control of their own health care information and can share it with providers as needed In fact due to limitations in providerbased health care information systems HealthFrameTM is often the only complete uptodate source of information available on an individual patient Poor Information Exchange Contributes to Medical Errors HealthFrameTM was developed to fill a frightening void in the health care industry Experts agree that the US medical system is severely underperforming with regard to the adoption of modern computer technology lagging behind virtually all other sectors of the economy Efforts to computerize the medical industry have largely focused on the adoption of large bureaucratic information systems - systems that cannot share information across all US providers and whose implementation has been delayed due to high costs or provider resistance The lack of computerized health information has a real and serious impact on our health Some facts - 120000 Americans die each year as a result of preventable medical errors in hospitals 18 of medical errors are due to inadequate availability of patient health information - Only 5 of physicians maintain patient medical information on a computer - Medical records are constantly being lost Physicians retire hospitals and HMOs purge older records to save storage space paper records are often lost or unavailable when needed - Virtually no hospital emergency department can retrieve a patients critical health information when it is needed to inform timely sometimes lifesaving medical decisions - On average American adults receive only 55 of health care interventions recommended by evidencebased medical guidelines including those related to preventive care - Nearly one out of every two US adults has difficulty understanding basic information necessary to make appropriate health decisions - Healthcare costs are skyrocketing By 2014 total US health spending is projected to constitute 187 percent of gross domestic product up from 153 percent in 2003 Medical Safety Can Be Enhanced when Centralized Complete Medical Information is Maintained by the Consumer A growing number of health care experts and medical professionals believe the key to huge advances in patient safety may lie in empowering individuals to take control of their own medical information According to Delivering Consumercentric and Informationrich Health Care a report released by the Department of Health Human Services in July of 2004 Many envision a health care industry that is consumercentric and informationrich in which medical information follows the consumer and information tools guide medical decisions This new way will result in fewer medical errors fewer unnecessary treatments or wasteful care and fewer variations in care and will ultimately improve care for all Americans The personal and societal benefits of PHR use have been recognized by the US Department of Health and Human Services httpwwwhhsgovhealthit as well as public and private organizations such as Connecting for Health httpwwwConnectingForHealthorg The Markle Foundation httpwwwmarkleorgmarkle_programshealthcare and The American Health Information Management Association httpwwwmyphrcom Who cares the most about your health You do asserts Pringle Therefore you have the greatest incentive to ensure the accuracy and completeness of your own health information HealthFrameTM helps you optimize your health care by compiling a complete listing of diagnostic procedures and interventions along with results tracking trends in your health and ensuring that complete information can be made available to any primary care physician or specialist as you require medical services HealthFrameTM The HealthFrameTM concept mirrors that of the popular and userfriendly personal financial planning and management software tools that have been used successfully by consumers for years HealthFrameTM supports all aspects of health and wellness management and allows consumers to track their health and care improving the quality of the health care they receive HealthFrameTM - easily and conveniently summarizes health information from different sources - allows the consumer to verify that all information is accurate and uptodate - tracks critical health information including progress on health indicators eg weight cholesterol blood pressure - provides a prompt uptodate view of an individual's entire health picture - allows consumers to carry with them critical lifesaving health information - automatically creates a customized medical reference library based on the individual's conditions diagnoses and medications which the individual can use to inform health care decisions - helps reduce health care costs by identifying duplicative tests and encouraging preventive care - simplifies the tracking of medical expenses for taxes or insurance Availability HealthFrame may be purchased for $4995 from httpwwwHealthFramecom or from authorized distributors About Records For Living Inc Records For Living Inc is a pioneer in the personal information management industry and is focused on providing solutions to a broad range of health care issues Records For Living Inc has released HealthFrameTM as an innovative solution to personal health management Records For Living Inc also provides professional services to our health care provider partners to support the improved exchange of medical record information between providers and patients Records For Living Inc may be reached on the World Wide Web at httpwwwRecordsForLivingcom or via email at email protected from spam bots



Records For Living Inc Releases HealthFrameTM The Family Health Organizer