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Radiocast: Keeping Track of Your Health
Information
Rand: This is Healthcare 411: Information for better health. Personal
health records: AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn Clancy explains why they’re important
and what information to include.
Dr. Clancy: Keeping track of your medical information makes you an active
partner in your health care and allows you to ask good questions about your
care. There are both low-tech and high-tech solutions for creating personal
health records. The low-tech solution involves organizing your paper medical
records and storing them in one place. The high-tech solution is an electronic
personal health record. With either the low or high-tech option, you should make
sure your personal health record gives a complete summary of your health
history. You’ll want to list all the medicines you take, as well as how much and
how often you take them. Be sure to provide information on allergies,
immunizations, and test results. Giving doctors accurate information helps them
provide better care.
Rand: Healthcare 411 is produced by AHRQ, the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
I’m Rand Gardner for Healthcare 411.
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