Key Findings
- 10 percent of the public surveyed report use of electronic personal health records (PHRs).
- A similar proportion of doctors say they offer PHR tools to their patients.
- Reported PHR use by the public is up from 3 percent found in Markle’s 2008 survey.
Observations
- PHR adoption is trending upward.
- A similar proportion of doctors say they offer PHR tools to their patients.
- Of the people reporting use of a PHR in Markle’s 2010 study (n=159 of 1582 total sample), doctors/hospitals are the most common PHR supplier.