Imagine a world where everyone pays their taxes, gives to charity, and proactively monitors their own health. That would be amazing. There would be enough money for health care and research, and the cost of both areas would be significantly reduced, freeing up money for projects such as education. A personal health record (PHR) working in harmony with the electronic medical record (EMR) is the ideal union to facilitate a healthy population, but we are not there. To be honest, I don't foresee the PHR taking root, but for the sake of this article, I'm going to put my pessimism in the closet, hide the key and eat my pie (I like lime), taking a walk at land of utopias. We will discuss why PHRs are disrupting physician practices, their value to consumers, and how a PHR and EMR can interact to improve the quality of care received. The Path to Change I have always considered health care providers, such as doctors. , as detectives. They systematically look for clues and gather facts, then combine the data with their intuition and past experiences. Therefore, the more accurate the data, the greater the chance that the patient will be diagnosed quickly and accurately. For people who want to speed up and contribute to the process, a PHR, which is a repository of an individual's personal health data, is a great place to start. According to Christensen, Grossman, and Hwang (2009), there are three paths an RSP can take to disrupt the current model of medical practice. The first, agreement on standards, should take place before the emergence of the new product. In the case of PHRs, this deadline has already passed. Next, the concept of virtualization allows different systems to learn to speak the same technological language (Christ...... middle of paper ......transformative tools for consumer-centered care. Healthcare Informatics and Support BMC Decision, 8(1), 45. Madhavan, S., Sanders, AE, Chou, WYS, Shuster, A., Boone, KW, Dente, MA, ... & Hesse, BW (2011). Pediatrics and eHealth: Opportunities for Patient-Centered Care. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 40(5), S208-S216. Tang, PC, Ash, JS, Bates, DW, Overhage, JM, & Sands, DZ (2006). definitions, benefits, and strategies for overcoming barriers to adoption. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 13(2), 121-126. Tang, PC and Lee, TH (2009). to personal health records. New England Journal of Medicine, 360(13), 1276-1278 doi:10.1056/NEJMp0810264Waegemann, CP. (2003)., 1-4.