A personal health record (PHR) is an electronic database created by your healthcare provider that includes your medical records and information about your visits to that provider. You are able to access that information anywhere and you usually determine your own password for logging in. Your record is private and you determine who you allow to access that record outside of your medical provider. As with anything on the web there are always risks of data breaches, but your provider does all that they can to keep your information confidential and secure.
Having a PHR makes it very convenient to access your lab results, allergies, pathology results, radiology results, diagnoses, health insurance, medication lists and any scheduled appointments you have with that provider. One of the downfalls is that each provider may have a different site and login for your records so if you are seeing multiple providers it may be hard to keep track of all the different websites and your passwords.
References:
Alexander, S., Frith, H. F. & Hoy, H. (2019). Applied clinical informatics for nurses, 2, 252-253. Jones & Bartlett Learning: Burlington, MA.
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