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Published in: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 1/2007

Open Access 01-12-2007 | Software

Indivo: a personally controlled health record for health information exchange and communication

Authors: Kenneth D Mandl, William W Simons, William CR Crawford, Jonathan M Abbett

Published in: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making | Issue 1/2007

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Abstract

Background

Personally controlled health records (PCHRs), a subset of personal health records (PHRs), enable a patient to assemble, maintain and manage a secure copy of his or her medical data. Indivo (formerly PING) is an open source, open standards PCHR with an open application programming interface (API).

Results

We describe how the PCHR platform can provide standard building blocks for networked PHR applications. Indivo allows the ready integration of diverse sources of medical data under a patient's control through the use of standards-based communication protocols and APIs for connecting PCHRs to existing and future health information systems.

Conclusion

The strict and transparent personal control model is designed to encourage widespread participation by patients, healthcare providers and institutions, thus creating the ecosystem for development of innovative, consumer-focused healthcare applications.
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Metadata
Title
Indivo: a personally controlled health record for health information exchange and communication
Authors
Kenneth D Mandl
William W Simons
William CR Crawford
Jonathan M Abbett
Publication date
01-12-2007
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making / Issue 1/2007
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6947
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-7-25

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