{"id":5504,"date":"2013-12-27T09:37:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T14:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.healthit.gov\/buzz-blog\/?p=5504"},"modified":"2026-01-06T02:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T02:35:40","slug":"advancing-patient-generated-information-improve-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/blog\/electronic-health-and-medical-records\/advancing-patient-generated-information-improve-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancing the use of patient-generated information to improve health and care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Providers base their care decisions on a wide variety of patient information, such as patient and family history, vital signs, reports of symptoms or response to treatment.&nbsp; This information traditionally is created in a visit to a provider or laboratory, but there are increasing examples of information being created by the individual or caregiver outside the clinical setting and reported to the provider.&nbsp; This information is known as patient-generated health-information (PGHI) or patient-generated health data (PGHD).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PGHD has been described as health-related data created, recorded, gathered or inferred by or from patients, family personal caregivers or designees to help address a health concern.&nbsp; This data could be an observation, a test result, a device finding, a confirmation or a change\/correction\/addition of data in the patient\u2019s existing health record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While PGHD is not new, there are no widely accepted practices or policies to define its best use, much less to support its growth as a valued health care tool.&nbsp; Beginning in 2012, ONC initiated a series of policy activities to advance knowledge of the field and promote implementation.&nbsp; &nbsp;As 2013 draws to a close, we are pleased to report that a lot of progress has made.&nbsp; A report from a Technical Expert Panel, convened at our request by our cooperative agreement partner the National eHealth Collaborative, captures the breadth of issues and opportunities for wider use of patient-generated information.&nbsp; Their work contributed to positive discussions by the HIT Policy Committee and HIT Standards Committee in their respective December meetings about including a PGHD objective in Meaningful Use Stage 3, which is still under development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new Issue Brief, <a href=\"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pghd_brief_final122013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Patient-Generated Health Data and Health IT [PDF &#8211; 307 kb]<\/a>, describes all the work to date and a range of opportunities and next steps.\u00a0\u00a0 We look forward to building on all the input to help shape policy and standards work in 2014 and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With all good wishes for happy holidays and a healthy New Year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Providers base their care decisions on 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