They are your medical records
In fact, by 2005 it had become quite clear to many leaders in the field that “the record” properly resided with the patient from whom health data emerged, and that the data that flowed through the hands of hospitals, doctors and nurses was only a part of the overall picture. Thus the concept of a “personal health record” is gradually subsuming the vision of an electronic medical record.3,4,5,6
This is a good development. The personal health record combines data, knowledge and software tools, which help patients become participants in their health care. But if we are truly to anticipate where health care trends are taking us, even this is not enough.
It is now clear that in a truly preventive system, “health” is not a collection of late-stage, reactive interventions. That kind of thinking will soon be a relic of the past.8
Rather, health should be defined as a life fully lived – hopeful, productive, fulfilling, rewarding and manageable. The determinants of such a life begin before birth, embedded in the healthful behaviors of ones’ future parents, and they extend beyond death to ones’ survivors.
Considering this broader view of health, the right concept for our health record system should be a Lifespan Planning Record -- or LPR.7
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