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Commission Recommendation on a European Electronic Health Record exchange Format

OBJECTIVES

This Recommendation sets out a framework for the development of a European electronic health record exchange format in order to achieve secure, interoperable, cross-border access to, and exchange of, electronic health data in the Union.

The framework includes:

(a) a set of principles that should govern access to and exchange of electronic health records across borders in the Union;

(b) a set of common technical specifications for the cross-border exchange of data in certain health information domains, which should constitute the baseline for a European electronic health record exchange format;

(c) a process to take forward the further elaboration of a European electronic health record exchange format.

It also encourages Member States to ensure secure access to electronic health record systems at national level.

For further details on this recommendation, please consult the following link: Recommendation on a European Electronic Health Record exchange format