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Aveiro
regional eHealth | shared electronic health records | continuity of care
Posting Date: 25 November 2009
Last Edited Date: 26 November 2009
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Author:
Ilídio Oliveira (University of Aveiro)Portugal
NetworkThe RTS network is a regional health information network connecting primary and secondary care providers in the region of Aveiro. It allows for health professionals to share clinical information, by integrating existing systems and making their content accessible in a user- friendly portal. The key application is a shared electronic health record. These cross-institutional views are achieved without creating any disruption to the existing systems, thus no changes are required. ; Instead, a proactive system (HIETA engine) works on indexing the existing information and retrieving them upon demand to feed the RTS professionals' portal.
RTSaude provides access to more than 11 000 000 care episodes, relating to over 35 000 citizens, to a target community of almost 1 000 physicians. The network has been awarded the necessary clearance from the Portuguese data protection agency.