Personalized health management services based on personal health record (PHR)

Currently, the concept of medical information is changed from hospital to patients as importance of self-management rises. Medical information should be able to collect and manageable by users to satisfy right-to-know of consumer. As the number of smartphones increases, services using smartphones are increasing. An application named u-CARENote was developed by Gachon University Gil Medical Center based on PHR and individual genetic information to provide personalized content and self management service to chronic disease patients.