Zeitschrift für Gesundheitsinformatik und -management

Evaluation of the Implementation of the Personal Electronic Health Record by Family Doctors in Greece

Evagelia Lappa, A. Paganas, V. Gkarmiri, O.Giata, D.Karapoulios

E-health is a key pillar of planning and implementation of programs in the Health Care Sector, both at national and international level. It encompasses ICT based tools and services that can improve the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and management of citizens' health. In addition, it can be beneficial for society as a whole, by improving accessibility and quality of care and enhancing the efficiency of the healthcare sector. Finally, it includes the exchange of information and data between patients and healthcare providers, hospitals, healthcare sector professionals and health information networks, electronic health records, telemedicine services, patient monitoring devices, surgery planning software, robotic surgery and basic research for virtual human physiology.