Rede TelemÃ¡tica da SaÃºde de Aveiro

Acronym of the case:

RTS

Web address of the case:

http://www.rtsaude.pt

Country of the case:

Portugal

City/region:

Aveiro

Posting Date:

25 November 2009

Last Edited Date:

26 November 2009

Author:

IlÃdio Oliveira (University of Aveiro)

regional eHealth | shared electronic health records | continuity of care

Type of initiative

Network

Case Abstract

The 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 contentÂ 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.

Description of the case

Domain

eHealth

Topic

Electronic health records | Hospital information systems | Regional/national Health Information Networks

Sector

Healthcare

Start date - End date

June 2003 (Ongoing)

Date operational

January 2007

Target Users

Add Patients | Health professionals

Target Users Description

RTS has two profiles: health professionals and patients.

Health professionals working on the partner institutions can share clinical information on-line, under the access policies and security provisions defined.

Patients (the citizen) use RTS to manage their relationship with the care providing organizations.

Scope

National | Regional (sub-national)

Status

Pilot

Language(s)

Portuguese

Policy Context and Legal Framework

Project Size and Implementation

Type of initiative

Other

Overall Implementation approach

Partnerships between administration and/or private sector and/or non-profit sector

Technology choice

Mainly (or only) open standards | Open source software

Funding source

Public funding national

Project size

Implementation: €500-999,000

Implementation and Management Approach

In the context of the regional initiative towards "digital cities" (AveiroDigital), the University of Aveiro and the major hospital in the region of Aveiro designed the project. The University was expected to deliver scientific and technical leadership; the clinical partner, the domain requirements and validation.

Technology solution

The solution is heavily supported in service-oriented architectures, using web-services to encapsulate heterogeneous information sources. The development has been conducted in FLOSS solutions (Java, Apache suite, PostgreSQL).

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