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. 2007 Sep 12:7:25.
doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-7-25.

Indivo: a personally controlled health record for health information exchange and communication

Kenneth D Mandl  1 , William W Simons, William C R Crawford, Jonathan M Abbett
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Indivo: a personally controlled health record for health information exchange and communication

Kenneth D Mandl et al. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. .

Abstract

Background: Personally controlled health records (PCHRs), a subset of personal health records (PHRs), enable a patient to assemble, maintain and manage a secure copy of his or her medical data. Indivo (formerly PING) is an open source, open standards PCHR with an open application programming interface (API).

Results: We describe how the PCHR platform can provide standard building blocks for networked PHR applications. Indivo allows the ready integration of diverse sources of medical data under a patient's control through the use of standards-based communication protocols and APIs for connecting PCHRs to existing and future health information systems.

Conclusion: The strict and transparent personal control model is designed to encourage widespread participation by patients, healthcare providers and institutions, thus creating the ecosystem for development of innovative, consumer-focused healthcare applications.

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Figure 1
The Indivo architecture demonstrating sources of data – including a health information exchange – and subscription agents (on the left); the three tiered architecture (in the center); and users and services that access the Indivo server (on the right).
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Figure 2
The Indivo user interface showing laboratory test results.
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Figure 3
The Indivo user interface showing the options presented to an individual for sharing her record information.
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    1. Indivo http://www.indivohealth.org

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