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What is Personal Health Information (PHI)

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Impacts of Information Technology on Patient Care and Empowerment
Also referred to as Protected Health Information, refers to demographic information, medical histories, test and laboratory results, mental health conditions, insurance information, and other data that a healthcare professional collects to identify an individual and determine appropriate care.
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Challenges Implementing Telemedicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Christopher E. Gantz (Drexel University, USA) and David Gefen (Drexel University, USA)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-0047-7.ch013
Abstract
This chapter discusses the challenges faced by one pediatric medical institution as it worked in partnership with a local school district to provide access to pediatric care through a telemedicine unit embedded in the nurse's office of the various schools within the district. The chapter touches on perceptions the community had about sharing sensitive personal health information in a school setting using mobile technology, fears related to immigration status, and operational issues encountered when deploying a new technology across multiple sites. Despite the challenges, potential benefits to the health and well-being of the community far outweighed the difficulties faced during these early days of telemedicine adoption.
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