title: Safe, controllable technology?
abstract: In a discussion starting from Haux et al. it is asked, if a safe and controllable technology to implement the patient centered health record is available and which measures must be taken to insure the safety of the record-these include legislation, education, technical measures etc. In addition to the goals set forward in the support for patient empowerment is proposed as another major goal for IT-systems in medicine for the next decade. Finally the role of IT with respect to physicians and patients is discussed: IT systems have the capability to perform tasks that are considered the tasks of physicians and it is likely, that these capabilities will be implemented.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentations, University of Graz, Graz General Hospital, Engelgasse 13/1, A-8010, Graz, Austria. guenther.gell@uni-graz.at
authors.forename: Günther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gell
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D003219:Confidentiality; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008490:Medical Informatics; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010358:Patient Participation; D028701:Patient Rights; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010821:Physicians, Family; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D012449:Safety