[The new information technologies in medicine: what about the patient?]

The automation of the medical records involves many ethical and complex questions totally out of suspicion two decades ago. Effectively, the patient being in the core of the medical information system belonging to any medical structure, it should be evident that this system generates much more information than any classical medical record. This new approach in dealing with medical information has certainly multiple advantages because it helps, according to the case, gather all the information about the patient. It also helps distant diagnosis or treatment. The back of the coin is however the complexity of same situation dictated by the system which requires very clear and precise answers in order to preserve mainly the patient interests and then to optimise the use of all information collected.