title: Introducing the electronic health record in austria.
abstract: The Austrian parliament has adopted legislation to introduce the electronic health record under the title ELGA. The present article first discusses several activities of other countries in this context. It then deals with the current situation of healthcare telematics in Austria and the next planned steps to introduce the life-long electronic health record.
authors.affiliation: Core Unit for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.wolfgang.dorda@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dorda
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Duftschmid
authors.forename: Lukas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gerhold
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gall
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gambal
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans