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Patent Valuation Report Issued January 22nd, 2013 // According to The Center for Information Technology Leadership (CITL) PHR's are projected to be a $19 billion dollar market [1]. Several movements are behind the growing popularity of PHRs, including interest in web-based social networking and the Health 2.0 movement [2]. Another concept that promotes the PHR as a tool for patient self-management is the web-based personal medical home model [3]. Many consumers have PHRs through their employers, health insurers, or health providers. Currently, 10 percent of the public take advantage of PHRs, however, privacy issues and access limitations remain a large concern. [10] Additionally, there are consumers who have PHRs through independent vendors. One estimate indicates that seventy million people in the United States have access to a PHR [4]. With regard to health benefits, there was a 5.25-point reduction in diastolic blood pressure for patients that used a PHR frequently [10]