Electronic Health Record
Dimitrios G. Katehakis,
Manolis Tsiknakis,
Dimitrios G. Katehakis
Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorManolis Tsiknakis
Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorDimitrios G. Katehakis,
Manolis Tsiknakis,
Dimitrios G. Katehakis
Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorManolis Tsiknakis
Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
The term electronic health record (EHR) refers to the complete set of information that resides in electronic form and is related to the past, present, and future health status or health care provided to a subject of care. The primary purpose of electronic health records (EHRs) is the documentation, retrieval, transmission, linking, and processing of multimedia information to legitimate users for the delivery of knowledge and decision support that enhance efficient and secure health-related services, regardless of the health-care model applied. Secondary uses of EHRs are related to policy development, education, research, quality management, and disease surveillance via anonymized datasets requiring, in most of the cases, explicit consent on behalf of the subject of care.
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