With Health Frame Health Record Management Software Knowledge Is Power
There is nothing more important than your family's health. Starting from before birth, we do all we can do to assure a healthy child-prenatal visits, healthy diet, regular exercise. This is all in our control. After birth, we don't always retain control of our children's medical information. This information is scattered in medical records of PCPs, specialist, hospital and labs and it can be difficult to maintain.
The Department of Health & Human Services encourages the use of Personal Health Records (PHRs): "Once equipped with the information about their health and health care choices, consumers will be empowered to co-manage their health and participate actively in decisions about their care."
The President has set an overarching vision for improving the quality, safety, and service of health care, and also for using health care resources more efficiently. PHRs are a key part of this vision. PHRs enable personal medical information to remain not only with the health care provider, but with the patient as well. A central repository of medical information is your most powerful tool in ensuring you and your family receive the most effective and efficient medical treatments.
Medical Trials
Stay abreast of new treatment options your doctor or health plan may not already offer.
ClinicalTrials.gov offers up-to-date information for locating federally and privately supported clinical trials for a wide range of diseases and conditions. A clinical trial (also clinical research) is a research study in human volunteers to answer specific health questions. Interventional trials determine whether experimental treatments or new ways of using known therapies are safe and effective under controlled environments. Observational trials address health issues in large groups of people or populations in natural settings.
ClinicalTrials.gov currently contains approximately 12,500 clinical studies sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, other federal agencies, and private industry. Studies listed in the database are conducted in all 50 States and in over 100 countries.