Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., has created an electronic personal health record for congenital heart disease, according to a hospital news release.
Children's National cardiologists Linda Bradley Tiernan, MD, and Karen Kuehl, MD, partnered with the Washington Adult Congenital Heart Program at the hospital, the Washington Hospital Center in the District and a personal health record company to develop Follow My Heart, which allows patients to communicate their health information to authorized healthcare providers.
The patient owns the information and controls who can view and have access to the personal health record. Follow My Heart completed a pilot phase and is now available to congenital heart disease patients across the nation.
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Children's National cardiologists Linda Bradley Tiernan, MD, and Karen Kuehl, MD, partnered with the Washington Adult Congenital Heart Program at the hospital, the Washington Hospital Center in the District and a personal health record company to develop Follow My Heart, which allows patients to communicate their health information to authorized healthcare providers.
The patient owns the information and controls who can view and have access to the personal health record. Follow My Heart completed a pilot phase and is now available to congenital heart disease patients across the nation.
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