Table 1.

HIT Examples: targeted user, access, key functions, and sample products.

Type of Health IT	Primary User (s)	Permissions	Key Functions	Examples of commercial and organizational solutions
Electronic Health Record	Clinical Team	Full Read / Write	Storage of demographics, history, and test results to be used for patient care	Epic, GE Centricity, Allscripts
-Patient Portal (off EHR)	Patient	Read + supported interactions	Ability for the patient to remotely access subsets of data from an EHR (ex lab results), request appointments, or submit intake forms	Medical Web Experts Patient Portal, GE Centricity Patient Online
Personal Health Record	Patient	Full Read / Write	Patient-controlled record where information is imported from other types of records or entered by the patient	Google Health, SmartPHR
-Tethered PHR	Patient Clinical Team	Read + supported interactions Full Read/Write	Typically sponsored by an employer, health care payer, or insurer. Allows patients to enter their own information but also receives information from different sources like doctor's office, a lab or a hospital that they were in.	Veteran's Health Administration's My HealtheVet
Information Sharing Portals	Patient or Immediate Family	Read/Write	Ability to share news of treatment with many by only entering data once	http://caringbridge.org
Online Peer-to-Peer Support Groups	Patient or Family or Physician	Read/Write	Provides a medium for those invested in cancer to support one another via online communication	http://candlelighters.org