As the health-care industry continues to evolve, patients are getting more involved in their care, with many using personal health records to help track their illness and treatment history to help better their care.
 “Right now health care is siloed with all these doctors not talking to each other,” says Julie Wolter, interim director, Program in Health Sciences, Doisy College of Health Sciences at Saint Louis University and an AHIMA member. “The only common link between all health care professionals is the patient.”