The research related with digital health records is has been a hot topic since the last two decades, producing diverse results namely two main types – Electronic Health Records and Personal Health Records. Based on those types of records different implementations appeared, although new challenges also emerged. The wider citizen mobility, liberalization of health care providing, alternative medi...

Healthcare systems worldwide are entering a new phase: ever-increasing quantities of complex, massively multivariate data concerning all aspects of patient care are starting to be routinely acquired and stored [1], throughout the life of a patient. This exponential growth in data quantities far outpaces the capability of clinical experts to cope, resulting in a so-called data deluge, in which t...

Information and communication technologies have made dramatic changes in our lives. Healthcare communities also made use of these technologies. Using computerized medical knowledge, electronic patients' information and telecommunications a lot of applications are now established throughout the world. These include better ways of information management, remote education, telemedicine and public ...

BACKGROUND The important role of electronic health as well as importance of health care systems awareness and readiness may lead to develop the essential infrastructures for electronic health especially in developing countries. This study aims to investigate goals, gains, applications, challenges and other important issues related to success performance of electronic health. METHOD This resea...

The term electronic health record (EHR) refers to the complete set of information that resides in electronic form and is related to the past, present, and future health status or health care provided to a subject of care. The primary purpose of EHRs is the documentation, retrieval, transmission, linking, and processing of multimedia information to legitimate users for the delivery of knowledge ...

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Electronic health records (EHRs) store health-related patient information in an electronic format, improving the quality of health care management and increasing efficiency of health care processes. However, in existing information systems, health-related records are generated, managed, and controlled by health care organizations. Patients are perceived as recipients of care and normally cannot...