Patient-Generated Health Data (PGHD) Implementation Guide
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We have prepared profiles to handle PGHD information.
This implementation guide deals with general PGHD information that can be collected on mobile devices, and does not deal with information related to data shared from medical institutions to individual patients.
We support iOS’s HealthKit, Android’s Health Connect, and Open mHealth. HealthKit and Health Connect are frameworks for storing healthcare data on devices and sharing it between apps.
The data handled in PGHD is organized into 17 categories.
Activity is a data category related to physical activity.
It includes the number of steps, the number of floors climbed, and energy consumed at rest.
Vitalsign is a data category for the most basic information about life.
It includes heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and blood oxygen saturation.
This data category is related to sleep and sleep symptoms. It includes profiles of sleep duration (by stage), sleep episodes, and snoring index.
Exercise is a data category related to the exercise for maintaining health and strengthening the body.
It includes the types of workouts.
BodyMesurement is a data category related to measurements used to assess physical development and health.
It includes height, weight, BMI, body fat percentage, body temperature, etc.
Nutrition is a data category for nutrients consumed.
It includes caffeine, vitamins, and energy intake.
Symptom is a data category for distress caused by physical or mental illness.
They include cough, dizziness, mood changes, fever, and headache.
Walking is a data category related to walking speed and walking time.
It includes walking stability, walking speed, and stair climbing and descending speed.
Hearing is a data category for measurement data related to hearing.
These include hearing, environmental sound exposure, and environmental sound exposure events.
AlcholConsumption is a data category for measured data on alcohol consumed.
It includes blood alcohol concentration and number of alcoholic beverages consumed.
ReproductiveHealth is a category of data related to menstrual cycles.
Inspecton is a data category related to measured data used to determine the cause of a health condition or abnormality.
It includes blood glucose levels and test results such as skin potential activity, forced lung capacity, and number of times insulin is used.
UVExposure is a data category for ultraviolet measurement data.
SelfCare is a data category about the care you take to maintain health and prevent disease.
It includes hand washing and tooth brushing.
This data category is used to check the status of medications and medications being taken. It includes profiles for medication adherence, dispensing at pharmacies, and insulin administration.
This is a data category of questions intended to solicit information from patients and their responses. It contains profiles of the questionnaire and the responses.
This data category deals with self-care plans proposed by decision support. It contains profiles of self-care plans.