Akteonline-an electronic healthcare record as a medium for information and communication

The functionality of a personal Electronic Healthcare Record (EHR) may vary from a simple web-based interface for interactive data entry and data review up to a much more powerful system additionally supporting electronic data/document communication between clinical information systems of primary care practitioners or hospitals and even reminder based support for the empowered citizen, to actively take care of his health, based on relevant disease management programs. It is one means to support patient empowerment. Since storage and communication of data in an EHR comprises sensible personal health data, each of those functions need specific security and access management requirements to be considered and implemented.