Connecting Americans to their Healthcare

How soon will consumer use of electronic personal health records reach 20 percent of the U.S. adult population?

Less than five years.
Five years to 10 years.
More than 10 years.

Five years from now, what do you think will be the most popular function of electronic personal health records?

Providing communications services such as secure email between physicians and patients.
Providing detailed medical histories to health professionals.
Enabling transactions like appointment or prescription refill requests.
Providing basic "clipboard" information (like insurance and family history) to a new doctor.
Providing lab results directly to consumers.
Helping people manage their health and medical expenses.

Which organizations will have the most success providing to consumers networked access to their personal health information?

Government agencies.
Pharmacies.
Not-for-profit organizations.
Health insurance plans.
Banks or financial institutions.
Doctors.
Internet-based companies like Yahoo, Google, MSN.

What will be the most important source of data for populating a PHR?

Data entered by the patient.
Data from remote patient monitoring devices.
Data from EHRs.
Data from health insurance claims systems.
Data from pharmacy/pharmacy clearinghouse systems.

Over the next five years, which adoption rate is likely to be higher?

Electronic medical record adoption by health care providers.
PHR adoption by health care consumers?

How likely is the following scenario to be a reality five years from now?

A consumer can use a single application to retrieve and store all her electronic personal health information (e.g., all the information stored by her providers, pharmacies, health insurance companies, etc.)?

Very likely
Somewhat likely
Unlikely
Impossible

How likely is it that Congress will pass legislation with health information privacy rules that are stricter than HIPAA?

Very likely
Somewhat likely
Unlikely
Impossible

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