New Report on Personal Health Records (PHR's)

The California HealthCare Foundation has released a new report on PHR's. Although they have great promise to assist patients in managing their care, potential benefits need to be weighed with the disadvantages of possible additional work, medicolegal liability and other considerations for physicians. The report can be downloaded here.

Palm Treo 700P Update Released

Palm has released a Treo 700P update for Sprint users that will fix some of the bugs that you may encounter from time to time. An update for Verizon customers is expected soon. Apparently, no update is needed for Alltel, Bell, Cellular South, or Telus Mobility users. I usually install these updates as they can improve the performance of the device and might fix some annoying errors and shutdowns that occur from time to time. The list of improvements appears here. Download the update here.

Personal Health Records or PHR----Opportunities and Risks

This article presents a good discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of PHR's. See article here.