Introducing the electronic health record in austria.
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.
Dorda
Wolfgang
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Core Unit for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.wolfgang.dorda@meduniwien.ac.at
Duftschmid
Georg
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Gerhold
Lukas
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Gall
Walter
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Gambal
Jürgen
J
D001317:Austria; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans