Virtual health card system

• Author(s): Pedrosa, Tiago ; Costa, Carlos M. ; Lopes, Rui Pedro ; Oliveira, José Luís
• Date: 2009
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/1302
• Origin: Biblioteca Digital do IPB
• Subject(s): Virtual health card system; Electronic health records; Web based; Security
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Electronic Health Records are key components to an efficient exploitation of information technologies in health care institutions. Nevertheless, several barriers that hinder its wide adoption subsists. The co-existence of dissimilar and incompatible health information systems and the absence of a unique central repository for personal medical data are some examples. This paper, we propose a web-based health records repository that allow citizens to have a unique virtual card that integrates all their personal clinical data. Privacy policies and the access control mechanisms are also discussed.