Empowering Healthcare with Dynamic Control: A Strategic Framework for Personal Health Record Management

The management of personal health records (PHRs) has emerged as a critical issue amid increasing private sector involvement and government efforts to improve healthcare equity and efficiency. Current systems are constrained by limited consumer control and rigid, coarse-grained access policies. This paper introduces a novel system for PHR usage management, enabling fine-grained control, dynamic data mining, and user- driven data dissemination. By bundling health data with customizable, traceable usage policies, this framework addresses diverse stakeholder needs, from research institutions to health-care providers, while ensuring user autonomy. Key scenarios, including data negotiation and aggregation for research purposes, demonstrate the system’s potential to revolutionize health data accessibility and usage. Through robust architecture, dynamic policy evaluation, and secure management principles, this framework paves the way for advanced, user-centric healthcare solutions.