Trying to Fill the Gap between Persons and Health Records - The MedIcona InterPersonal Health Record

Federico Cabitza, Iade Gesso

2014

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the concept of InterPersonal Heath Record and its role in the most recent models of health service delivery: such a health record should integrate health-related information with communication and collaboration capabilities that could allow both patients and caregivers co-produce information and knowledge toward prevention and illness treatment and management. We then present MedIcona, a full fledged demonstrator of the IPHR notion developed as free, open-source installation profile of Drupal 7. Its functionalities are aimed at enabling higher levels of user tailoring, content sharing and annotation among patients and their caregivers.

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Cabitza F. and Gesso I. (2014). Trying to Fill the Gap between Persons and Health Records - The MedIcona InterPersonal Health Record . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-010-9, pages 222-229. DOI: 10.5220/0004747402220229


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@conference{healthinf14,
author={Federico Cabitza and Iade Gesso},
title={Trying to Fill the Gap between Persons and Health Records - The MedIcona InterPersonal Health Record},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={222-229},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004747402220229},
isbn={978-989-758-010-9},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2014)
TI - Trying to Fill the Gap between Persons and Health Records - The MedIcona InterPersonal Health Record
SN - 978-989-758-010-9
AU - Cabitza F.
AU - Gesso I.
PY - 2014
SP - 222
EP - 229
DO - 10.5220/0004747402220229