Electronic health records: wiring Europe’s healthcare

Patrick Kierkegaard

Abstract

The European Commission wants to boost the digital economy by enabling all Europeans to have access to online medical records anywhere in Europe by 2020. With the newly enacted Directive 2011/24/EU on patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare due for implementation by 2013, it is inevitable that a centralised European health record system will become a reality even before 2020. However, the concept of a centralised supranational central server raises concern about storing electronic medical records in a central location. The privacy threat posed by a supranational network is a key concern. Cross-border and Interoperable electronic health record systems make confidential data more easily and rapidly accessible to a wider audience and increase the risk that personal data concerning health could be accidentally exposed or easily distributed to unauthorised parties by enabling greater access to a compilation of the personal data concerning health, from different sources, and throughout a lifetime.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelLaw Across Nations : Governance, Policy & Statutes
RedaktørerSylvia Kierkegaard, Patrick Kierkegaard
Antal sider24
ForlagInternational Association of IT Lawyers (IAITL)
Publikationsdato2011
Sider17-39
ISBN (Trykt)978-87-991385-9-3
StatusUdgivet - 2011

Emneord

  • Det Natur- og Biovidenskabelige Fakultet
  • Det Juridiske Fakultet
  • Det Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultet

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