title: Patient opportunities in the Estonian Electronic Health Record System.
abstract: Estonia is the first country which has implemented a nationwide electronic health record system and gives full access to its citizens. This provides new opportunities to citizens, healthcare providers and e-health developers. Combining health data, citizens' self added health and welfare data, decision support and possibilities of service oriented architecture of the Estonian Electronic Health Record System - a new era of e-health services can begin.
authors.affiliation: Tartu University, Estonian eHealth Foundation, Lastekodu 6a, 10113, Estonia. madis@e-tervis.ee
authors.forename: Madis
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tiik
authors.forename: Peeter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004957:Estonia; D010358:Patient Participation