Virtual health card system

• Autor(es): Pedrosa, Tiago ; Costa, Carlos M. ; Lopes, Rui Pedro ; Oliveira, José Luís
• Data: 2009
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10198/1302
• Origem: Biblioteca Digital do IPB
• Assunto(s): Virtual health card system; Electronic health records; Web based; Security
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

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.