title: E-health records and future healthcare.
abstract: This chapter gives an educational overview of: * Data collected, stored in health records and used for multiple purposes * Electronic health records and how these are likely to influence our future * Personal health records * Clinical systems and their relationship to national data collections * Potential future use of new technologies.
authors.affiliation: eHealth Education, openEHR Foundation, Centre for Health Informatics & Multiprofessional Education, University College London, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia. e.hovenga@ehealtheducation.net
authors.forename: Evelyn J S
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Hovenga
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heard
mesh_terms: D019992:Databases as Topic; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet