The Rhône-Alpes health platform.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this work is to develop a health information platform connecting most health facilities in the Rhône-Alpes region. The health platform called SIS-RA is used through a Web interface. An iconic interface is dedicated to the platform and presents information in a unique way for all users.


METHODS
New techniques have been used to develop this platform which will be used by a great number of Rhône-Alpes doctors in the future. We chose a usercentered design which takes into account doctors' requirements (hospital and GP). We also consider that no system has to be rebuilt, but a direct connection to the legacy systems should be provided.


RESULTS
The platform permits fast and more appropriate medical decisions than those made without this information system. The iconic interface presents all medical documents in a uniform way. Currently, 11 healthcare facilities and 15 community health networks are connected to SIS-RA sharing more than 60,000 records with 1.2 million indexed items. 3200 doctors use the system.


CONCLUSIONS
The platform is approved by French supervision authorities (regional hospitals association (ARH)), regional practitioners union (URML) and Rhônes-Alpes region administration and is known as the official shared health record.
Durand
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Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France.
Spacagna
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Verdier
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Biron
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Flory
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D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005602:France; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000379:methods*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*