title: Care for records for care.
abstract: In this contribution the topic of this special issue is introduced: electronic patient records (EPRs). The characteristics of EPRs are presented. A number of problems that have to be solved before EPRs can be used on a large scale is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasman
mesh_terms: D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D005103:Expert Systems; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D019212:Multimedia; D009426:Netherlands; D009862:Online Systems; D018511:Systems Integration; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled