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Personal health information management

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Wanda Pratt,

Kenton Unruh,

Andrea Civan,

Meredith M. SkeelsAuthors Info & Claims

Communications of the ACM, Volume 49, Issue 1

Pages 51 - 55

https://doi.org/10.1145/1107458.1107490

Published: 01 January 2006 Publication History

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Integrating personal health information helps people manage their lives and actively participate in their own health care.

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Personal information management

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DOI:10.1145/1107458

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