# Introduction ersonal health records are broadly considered as means by which an individual's personal health information can be collected, stored, and used for diverse health management purposes. In some concepts, the PHR includes the patient's interface to a healthcare provider's electronic health record (EHR). In others, PHRs are any consumer/patient-managed health record. This lack of consensus makes collaboration, coordination and policymaking difficult. It is quite possible now for people to talk about PHRs without realizing that their respective notions of them may be quite different. Recognizing the variety of attributes and possibilities and being very specific about what is being discussed would enable those engaged in collaboration and policymaking to conduct more nuanced discussions of PHRs and to collaborate more effectively. A framework will provide a foundation for public education effortsto highlight the benefits and risks of PHR, which aimed not only at an individual and patients but also at healthcare providers and other stakeholders. Today people need to monitor, track and evaluate their individual health strategies as we are identifying increased number of diseases and their cure. By providing complete, updated and easily accessible health records, people can play a more active role in their health care as well as that of family members. PHR offers instant simple affordable solution. PHR is a webbased application, which creates and manages individual health/ medical records and allow access at anytime from anywhere. PHR provides, ? Complete and accurate summary of individual's medical history. ? Some PHR systems just have consumer health information, personal health journals, or information about benefits and/or providers, but no clinical data about the individual. ? Some PHR systems have clinical information. Of these, some are disease specific, some include subsets of information such as lab reports, and some are comprehensive. # b) Source of Information ? Data in PHR systems may come from the individual, patient, caregiver, healthcare provider, or all of these. ? Some PHR systems are populated with data by EHR. # c) Features and Functions ? PHR systems offer a wide variety of features, including the ability to view personal health data, exchange secure messages with providers, schedule appointments, renew prescriptions, and enter personal health data; decision support such as medication interaction alerts or reminders about needed preventive services and the ability to transfer data to or from an electronic health record and the ability to track and manage health plan benefits and services. # f) Data Access Control ? Individual or patients always have access to their own data, they do not always determine who else may access it. For example, PHR that are "views" into a provider's EHR follow the access rules set up by the provider. In some cases, consumers do have exclusive control. III. # Methodology The Methodology consists of the following few tasks which are considered for analysis, design and implementation of PHR and addresses lacunae in present manual health record management at Tepi Region. The services of PHR are depicted in Fig- 1. In 2004/05, there were 126 hospitals, 519 health centres, 1,797 health stations, 2899 health posts and1,299 private clinics in the country. Although there is no data available on the number of traditionalhealers in the country, it is well known that many Ethiopian households use them for various healthproblems.The population per primary health care (PHC) facility was 24,513 and this was three times higher thanthe population per PHC in the rest of sub-Saharan Africa. The total number of hospital beds was13,469, which meant that there was only one bed for a population of 5,276 and this was about fivetimes higher than the average for sub-Saharan Africa. The limited number of health institutions, inefficientdistribution of medical supplies and disparity between urban and rural areas have made it difficultto increase people's access to health-care services [4]. Ethiopia is experiencing recurrent problems as a result of droughts and conflicts. Drought has become a chronic occurrence, affecting the country periodically once every 7-10 years since 1983. The current drought is only exasperating the needs resulting from the 2003 drought, leaving presently 3.8 million people in desperate need for emergency food relief and another 5.2 million chronically food insecure assisted through a productive safety net program [4]. The incidence of certain diseases increases during droughts. The main diseases most commonly encountered are: malaria, diarrhea, intestinal helminthiasis, acute respiratory infections including pneumonia, tuberculosis and skin diseases. Outbreaks of meningitis, measles and diarrhoeal diseases including cholera are also common during droughts. Periodically, the dry lands experience heavy seasonal rains, which cause flooding leading to internal displacement and increased risk for diseases related to stagnant waters such as malaria and cholera. The widespread food shortages associated with these natural disasters further results in malnutrition and under-nutrition. In order to address chronic poverty and persisting food insecurity, the Ethiopian government is since 2003 conducting a massive resettlement programme, under which 2.2 million people will be moved to more productive areas. The progress in health status of the population indicates that about 80% of diseases in Ethiopia are attributable to preventable conditions related to infectious diseases, malnutrition; and personal and environmental hygiene. The prevalence of TB in Ethiopia is estimated to be 241 with incidence of 247 per 100 000 populations. The adult HIV prevalence is 1.5% in 2011 (4.2% for urban and 0.6% for rural) and is higher among females (1.9%) than males (1%). Environmental risk factors contribute to 31% of the total disease burden in the country. The right to health for every Ethiopian has been guaranteed by the 1995 Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE), which stipulates the obligation of the state to issue policy and allocate ever increasing resources to provide public health services to all Ethiopians. # ( ) H Ethiopia follows a decentralized health care system, development of the preventive, promotive and curative health care delivery by public, private for profit and not-for profit players in the health sector. The Ethiopian health care delivery, organized in to three-tier system, puts the health extension program, the innovative community-based service delivery, as a center of focus for the provision of primary health care services to broad masses. Primary health care (PHC) potential coverage stands at 90%, reaching most of the rural areas in the country. To realize the potential benefits of PHR and to improve health and healthcare, significant steps are needed in the areas of privacy, security, and interoperability, in particular, as recommended. The key findings include the following: i. It is important to clarify the respective rights, obligations, and potential liabilities of individuals, patients, providers, and other stakeholders in the PHR system. ii. Individuals should have the right to make an informed choice concerning the uses of their personal information when signing up to use any personal health record products or services. iii. Security is a critical component of a PHR system, especially if it is accessible via the Internet. iv. The full potential of PHR system will not be realized until they are capable of widespread exchange of information with Electronic Health There is a scope for broad areas for research and evaluation for PHR system. They include individual, health services, and technical research and the development of metrics to assess the implementation and impact of PHR system on multiple dimensions of health and healthcare [1]. # a) Top 10 Causes of Deaths in Ethiopia # VI. # Conclusion This paper portrays the analysis, design and implementation of Personal Health Record (PHR) of an individual in Ethiopia and its recompense over the present PHR in Ethiopia. By means of this performance we can support wellness activities by facilitating better and timely treatment by doctors. It will help the country's economy to reach new heights. PHR provides timely access to health profile of an individual, engage patients, family members and more electronic synergies. PHR can benefit individuals and their care givers, health care providers and societal/ population health benefits. In the proposed system all information related to the health profile of an individual is stored in database. So, implementing this will be really helpful to the people below poverty line. In future, data mining techniques can be adopted to forecast diseases and precautionary measures can be taken. Even it is possible to develop an expert system to diagnose the disease of the patient and given prescription accordingly. 1![Fig.1: Services of PHR](image-2.png "Fig. 1 :") 2![Fig. 2: Working Process of PHR IV. National Scenario of PHR in Ethiopia Ethiopia has a total population of 91.73 million (2014) and is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a per capita annual income of US$ 90 (2003). Percentage of population living in urban areas is 17% and population proportion between ages 30 and 70 years is 26.4% (2014). The probability of dying between ages 30 and 70 from four main Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) is 15% (2014). The four main NCDs considered were Cancers, Diabetes, Cardiovascular diseases and Chronic respiratory diseases [2].In 2004/05, there were 126 hospitals, 519 health centres, 1,797 health stations, 2899 health posts and1,299 private clinics in the country. Although there is no data available on the number of traditionalhealers in the country, it is well known that many Ethiopian households use them for various healthproblems.The population per primary health care (PHC) facility was 24,513 and this was three times higher thanthe population per PHC in the rest of sub-Saharan Africa. The total number of hospital beds was13,469, which meant that there was only one bed for a population of 5,276 and this was about fivetimes higher than the average for sub-Saharan Africa. The limited number of health institutions, inefficientdistribution of medical supplies and disparity between urban and rural areas have made it difficultto increase people's access to health-care services[4].Ethiopia is experiencing recurrent problems as a result of droughts and conflicts. Drought has become a chronic occurrence, affecting the country periodically once every 7-10 years since 1983. The current drought is only exasperating the needs resulting from the 2003 drought, leaving presently 3.8 million people in desperate need for emergency food relief and another](image-3.png "Fig. 2 :") ? Better communication between patients anddoctors.? In emergencies, a PHR can quickly provide timelymedical information for better treatment.II. Initial Framework for PHRAttributesa) Scope and Nature of the Content 1Lower respiratory infections12%HIV/ AIDS12%Perinatal conditions8%Diarrheal diseases6%Tuberculosis4%Measles4%Cerebrovascular disease3%Ischaemic heart disease3%Malaria3%Syphilis2%V. a) Individuals and their Care Givers Potential Benefits of PHR? Avoid duplicate tests ? Improve medication compliance ? Provide information to patients for both healthcare? Support wellness activitiesand patient services purposes? Improve understanding of health issues? Provide patients with convenient access to specific? Increase sense of control over healthinformation or services (e.g., lab results, e-visits)? Increase control over access to personal health? Improve documentation of communication withinformationpatients? Support timely, appropriate preventive services ? Support healthcare decisions and responsibility for care ? Strengthen communication with providers ? Verify accuracy of information in provider records ? Support home monitoring for chronic diseasesc) Social/ Population Health Benefits ? Strengthen health promotion and disease prevention ? Improve the health of populations ? Expand health education opportunities? Support understanding and appropriate use ofmedications? Support continuity of care across time and providers? Manage insurance benefits and claims? Avoid duplicate tests? Reduce adverse drug interactions and allergicreactions? Reduce hassle through online appointmentscheduling and prescription refills? Increase access to providers via e-visits? Improve documentation of communication withpatientsb) Health Care Providers? Improve access to data from other providers andthe patients themselves? Increase knowledge of potential drug interactionsand allergies © 20 7 Global Journa ls Inc. (US) 1 © 2017 Global Journals Inc. (US) © 20 7 Global Journa ls Inc. (US) * A Report recommendation from the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics February, 2006. 2. 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