This book details how electronic health records (EHRs) and medical records (EMRs) can be optimized to enable meaningful interactions between provider and patient to enhance quality of care in this new era of mHealth. As the technologies evolve to provide greater opportunities for mHealth applications, so do the challenges. This book addresses the issues of interoperability limitations, data processing errors and patient data privacy while providing instruction on how blockchain-like processes can potentially ensure the integrity of an externally maintained EHR.

Portable Health Records in a Mobile Society identifies important issues and promising solutions to create a truly portable EHRs. It is a valuable resource for all informaticians and healthcare providers seeking an up-to-date resource on how to improve the availability, reliability, integrity and sustainability of these revolutionary developments in healthcare management. 

Section I Introduction

Introduction
SECTION 2 Health Records
Overview of Health Records
Standards
EHR Marketplace
EHR and US Performance
SECTION 3  SOCIETY
Regulations: The Laws and their Limits
Discrimination
The A's
Privacy
SECTION 4 Delivery
Patient
Facility
Tools
Administration
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SECTION 5 Technology/Decisions
Technology/Decisions
Security
FITT Model
Portability
SECTION 6 Impact
Impact
Communication
Semantics
Analytics
Mobility and Cloud Computing
SECTION 7 Future Directions
Foresight
Cost
Threat
SECTION 8 Conclusion
Conclusion.