A $5 million Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program to develop innovative applications for personal health records today unveiled nine prototype designs. The applications marry technology with information recorded from users’ daily lives to produce action-oriented feedback for managing their health. They range from a medication management system to help children with cystic fibrosis manage their disease to a computerized tool that helps people with congestive heart failure manage their health from home. “By putting consumers at the center of the design process, we have demonstrated a powerful vision of how personal health records and new technologies can empower people to better manage their health and work together with their providers to get the care they need,” said RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D. The research teams will work to implement the applications in clinical practices connected to their institutions. More on the project and prototypes can be found at www.projecthealthdesign.org.