Electronic Health Record: Afraid of the Unknown

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">The Dutch government is about to introduce an obligatory...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Laurens J. van Baardewijk
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Amsterdam Law Forum 2009
Materias:
Law
K
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/febb63f6de0049029a019564b7cbe663
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:doaj.org-article:febb63f6de0049029a019564b7cbe663
record_format dspace
spelling oai:doaj.org-article:febb63f6de0049029a019564b7cbe6632021-12-02T02:43:57ZElectronic Health Record: Afraid of the Unknown1876-8156https://doaj.org/article/febb63f6de0049029a019564b7cbe6632009-08-01T00:00:00Zhttp://ojs.ubvu.vu.nl/alf/article/view/93https://doaj.org/toc/1876-8156<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">The Dutch government is about to introduce an obligatory national electronic health record, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">het</em> <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Electronisch Patiëntendossier </em>(EHR). The purpose of the EHR is to replace the widespread used paper based records, and to exchange medical information quickly and easily nationwide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The three issues concerning privacy: autonomy, confidentiality and security, are the same issues that have existed with previous forms of medical records. In this article the advantages of the EHR will be summarized, being the decreased chance of making treatment errors, the improvement of medical knowledge, and the fact that the EHR can actively help in medical decision-making. The EHR is a welcome enhancement and will be a new instrument in the treatment of patients.<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></strong></span></p>Laurens J. van BaardewijkAmsterdam Law ForumarticleElectronic Health Record, Electronisch Patiënten Dossier, care ethics, law, technology, privacy, security, internetLawKENAmsterdam Law Forum, Vol 1, Iss 4, Pp 41-46 (2009)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Electronic Health Record, Electronisch Patiënten Dossier, care ethics, law, technology, privacy, security, internet
Law
K
spellingShingle Electronic Health Record, Electronisch Patiënten Dossier, care ethics, law, technology, privacy, security, internet
Law
K
Laurens J. van Baardewijk
Electronic Health Record: Afraid of the Unknown
description <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">The Dutch government is about to introduce an obligatory national electronic health record, <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">het</em> <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Electronisch Patiëntendossier </em>(EHR). The purpose of the EHR is to replace the widespread used paper based records, and to exchange medical information quickly and easily nationwide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>The three issues concerning privacy: autonomy, confidentiality and security, are the same issues that have existed with previous forms of medical records. In this article the advantages of the EHR will be summarized, being the decreased chance of making treatment errors, the improvement of medical knowledge, and the fact that the EHR can actively help in medical decision-making. The EHR is a welcome enhancement and will be a new instrument in the treatment of patients.<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></strong></span></p>
format article
author Laurens J. van Baardewijk
author_facet Laurens J. van Baardewijk
author_sort Laurens J. van Baardewijk
title Electronic Health Record: Afraid of the Unknown
title_short Electronic Health Record: Afraid of the Unknown
title_full Electronic Health Record: Afraid of the Unknown
title_fullStr Electronic Health Record: Afraid of the Unknown
title_full_unstemmed Electronic Health Record: Afraid of the Unknown
title_sort electronic health record: afraid of the unknown
publisher Amsterdam Law Forum
publishDate 2009
url https://doaj.org/article/febb63f6de0049029a019564b7cbe663
work_keys_str_mv AT laurensjvanbaardewijk electronichealthrecordafraidoftheunknown
_version_ 1718402201491079168