Better Data, Better Care
Personal Health Records- Take Greater Control of Your Health!
Alaska’s new HIE (Health Information Exchange service) will provide you with a personal health record through a patient portal, so that you can access your medical records. The Personal Health Record combines your medical information from your providers, and makes it available in a readable format for you to review and monitor.
Imagine being able to monitor yours, your children, or your elderly parents’ medical records for accuracy and information. You will be able to update your healthcare providers with current information about new medications or behaviors and you can use tools to chart your own health, compare test results over time—in short, take greater control of your own health.
The patient portal will be available soon. Watch this website for updated information.
When critical information is available in real time at the point of care, the risk of a medical error is greatly decreased. And, when past test results are included in the EHR, duplicate and expensive tests may not be needed.
No need to repeat your medical and personal history, contact data, or insurance and billing information! You give it once, and it’s in your EHR. Decreased paperwork and immediate access to records, labs and other test results increases efficiencies and lowers costs for all involved, including you, the patient. 
With an Electronic Health Record (EHR) providers have secure, immediate access to your essential medical information to support quick, accurate diagnoses and treatment. 
Paper records are still in use in many facilities; they are unwieldy and easily damaged and require outdated and error-prone faxed or telephoned exchange of information. Contrast them with electronic health records that have legally-mandated safeguards built in to ensure your privacy and the secure exchange of your medical information.
