Acta Informatica Pragensia 2013, 2(1), 30-38 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aip.118328

The adolescence of electronic health records: Status and perspectives for large scale implementation

Stefan Sauermann, Matthias Frohner, Philipp Urbauer, Mathias Forjan, Birgit Pohn, Andreas Drauschke, Alexander Mense
University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Hoechstaedtplatz 5, 1200 Vienna, Austria

Health informatics started to evolve decades ago with the intention to support healthcare using computers. Since then Electronic health records (EHRs) and personal health records (PHRs) have become available but widespread adoption was limited by lack of interoperability and security issues. This paper discusses the feasibility of interoperable standards based EHRs and PHRs drawing on experience from implementation projects. It outlines challenges and goals in education and implementation for the next years.

Keywords: Electronic health record, Personal health record, Interoperability, Standards, Feasibility

Received: March 26, 2013; Revised: May 27, 2013; Accepted: June 5, 2013; Published: June 29, 2013  Show citation

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Sauermann, S., Frohner, M., Urbauer, P., Forjan, M., Pohn, B., Drauschke, A., & Mense, A. (2013). The adolescence of electronic health records: Status and perspectives for large scale implementation. Acta Informatica Pragensia, 2(1), 30-38. doi: 10.18267/j.aip.11
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