ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD

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Electronic health records (EHRs) have been promoted as an important tool to improve quality of care.

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A national health information system 

A way for medical doctors to exchange health records

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Access for the patient to his or her health records through a designated patient’s portal

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Health care providers are able to enquire patients’ time-critical and general data

 The system stores the patient’s
WHAT
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medical history and is a vital
RECORD?
information source for physicians

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Patient Portal – access by one’s ID card to his or her medical data regardless of time and place 

Patient no longer needs to carry papers between different physicians
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Physicians have an objective and accurate overview of the patient’s health history

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In collecting data to the EHR it is no longer necessary to recall earlier diseases or drugs

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Better overview of the health history improves the medical quality

BENEFIT TO PATIENTS

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Improves and speeds up exchange of information
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between physicians of different specialisation

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between specialised and family physicians

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for mutual counselling, considering second opinions

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The system provides and overview of time-critical data of the patient

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A more comprehensive and faster overview of the medical history
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earlier visits and diagnoses

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results of research and analyses

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issued prescriptions

BENEFIT TO PHYSICIANS

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