Indicator

Legislation exists to protect the privacy of individuals' health-related data held in an EHR

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eHealth survey 2015
Indicators: 142
Updated: 02 June 2017
Contact: Clayton Hamilton
Data provided by Member States in the 2015 WHO Global eHealth Survey and highlights the key messages and trends identified. Published in the European eHealth report 2016. In total, 46 Member States from the WHO European Region responded to the survey.
Indicator notes
"Health-related data" refers to information recorded about an individual's health, including illnesses and prescribed treatments. It generally includes details of prescribed medication and any medical or surgical procedures, as well as treatments received from other health care providers.
For the purpose of conducting the 2015 WHO Global eHealth Survey and for gross comparisons of data received, the terms "electronic health records (EHR)" and "electronic medical records (EMR)" are used interchangeably, although in practice these refer to different types of records.
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