Experiences with Electronic Health Records

Author

Moller, J.E. ; Vosegaard, Henrik

Author_Institution

IBM, Lyngby

Volume

10

Issue

2

fYear

2008

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

23

Abstract

The healthcare system in Denmark is well known for its high level of IT support and interoperability. The Danish healthcare system integrates several central technological solutions across hospital information and electronic medical record systems throughout Denmark. Important business drivers for this high level of interoperability include unique citizen ID numbers and a publicly funded healthcare system in which hospital reimbursements are based on electronic submissions of diagnosis and procedure codes to a central register.

Keywords

health care; medical information systems; open systems; Denmark healthcare system; IT support; citizen ID number; electronic diagnosis submission; electronic medical record system; hospital information system; hospital reimbursement; interoperability; publicly funded healthcare system; Back; Data mining; Driver circuits; Electronic medical prescriptions; Europe; Hospitals; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Portals; User interfaces; XML; electronic health record; health care; medical information systems; medicine and science; security and protection;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

IT Professional

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1520-9202

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MITP.2008.25

Filename

4476249