Patient-Centric: the 21st Century Prescription for Health Care
July 2006 Patient-Centric: the 21st Century Prescription for Health Care This paper presents IBM's position on the meaning of a patient-centric health care system centered on electronic health records (EHR) and the benefits and challenges of such a system. The changes necessary to create a patient-centric system, and the role that IBM is playing in the EHR transformation are also included. The switch to a patient-centric EHR system, which would enable patients and doctors to access patient records from any data storage system or interface requires robust standards of security and interoperability. IBM consultants feel . . .
