MyPHR is a public awareness campaign initiated by AHIMA to education the public on the importance of their personal health information, and how to access, manage, and protect it. Health information management professionals have the ideal background to bring this important message to the health care consumer.
MHIMA Consumer Educator and President-Elect, Georgette Wilson, RHIA has been specially trained through AHIMA to train other HIM professions in Massachusetts to give consumer presentations on the care and keeping on one's PHR (personal health record) which will help to promote the HIM profession while helping improve patient access to health information.
To date, over a dozen HIM professions have been trained in Massachusetts. Here is what some are saying about the experience:
"My-PHR is an opportunity to share our knowledge with the public and advance
our profession. In making people aware of this information we are, as
AHIMA says, "caring for their health by caring for their health information."
If each of us sponsored only one informational session, think about how many
people we could affect!"
Nancy E. Earnley, RHIA
Director, Health Information Management, Joslin
Clinic
"My-PHR is a great opportunity for HIM professionals to promote the field
and educate the public on who we are and what we do."
Yolette Lecorps, RHIT
Medical Records Manager/Privacy Officer, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
"The My-PHR training was well organized and AHIMA provided all the materials
necessary to make an effective presentation. George Wilson provided additional
practical hints on making the presentation successful."
Meredith Cameron, RHIA
Director, Medical Records, New England Baptist
Hospital
"This is a wonderful opportunity to share our knowledge and talents within
our communities and focus on the benefits of creating and maintaining a PHR."
Karen B. Griffin
Manager, Health Information Services, Correspondence
and Review, Brigham and Women's Hospital
For additional information on how you can get involved, please contact Georgette
at gwilson@partners.org.
To schedule a health information management professional to speak on the keeping
of personal health information, please contact Mariaane Poirier at marp4000@comcast.net.
Also, to learn more on the myPHR educational campaign, please visit www.myphr.com.