SECURITY AND PRIVACY IN EUROPEAN EHRS - Should Portugal Follow Denmark and Sweden’s Examples?

Catarina Travassos, Inês C. Moreira, Patrícia Ferreira, Gustavo Bacelar-Silva

2012

Abstract

EHR implementation is an important yet challenging technology that provides better patient care by allowing and providing more accurate and available patient information. An efficient digital health service should ensure not only the quality of data processing, but also the confidentiality and safety of patient data. Portugal is now designing a national EHR and discussing its main characteristics and contents. Our study analyses the experiences of two countries where EHRs were implemented: Denmark and Sweden. The aim was to compare them when it comes to measures taken regarding privacy and security of data and also to what Portugal has planned to achieve as described in available documentation.

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Travassos C., C. Moreira I., Ferreira P. and Bacelar-Silva G. (2012). SECURITY AND PRIVACY IN EUROPEAN EHRS - Should Portugal Follow Denmark and Sweden’s Examples? . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2012) ISBN 978-989-8425-88-1, pages 354-357. DOI: 10.5220/0003735003540357


in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf12,
author={Catarina Travassos and Inês C. Moreira and Patrícia Ferreira and Gustavo Bacelar-Silva},
title={SECURITY AND PRIVACY IN EUROPEAN EHRS - Should Portugal Follow Denmark and Sweden’s Examples?},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={354-357},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003735003540357},
isbn={978-989-8425-88-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2012)
TI - SECURITY AND PRIVACY IN EUROPEAN EHRS - Should Portugal Follow Denmark and Sweden’s Examples?
SN - 978-989-8425-88-1
AU - Travassos C.
AU - C. Moreira I.
AU - Ferreira P.
AU - Bacelar-Silva G.
PY - 2012
SP - 354
EP - 357
DO - 10.5220/0003735003540357