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Legislation Promotes Healthcare IT
Infrastructure and Patient Data Safety across Europe
Legislation is promoting the development of healthcare IT
infrastructure, while supporting efforts to enhance patient data privacy and
security across the European healthcare spectrum.
"The HL7 standard, initially adopted in the United States,
has subsequently been adopted by most European countries," explains Frost &
Sullivan Research Analyst Vinod S.M. "European legislation emphasises the need
for stable IT infrastructure and for improved patient data safety."
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Government investments supporting strong and widely connected
IT platforms in various hospitals coupled with initiatives encouraging the
implementation of healthcare IT standards are also driving patient data safety
across the European healthcare industry.
"Healthcare IT infrastructure has reached a stage where all
the platforms are mostly integrated, thereby aiding in the process of
interoperability," adds Mr. Vinod. "During the course of this integration,
vendors will be required to ensure data privacy and protection."
Despite these promising trends, concerns related to data
protection and IT security together with the issue of achieving compatibility of
varied data formats pose major challenges to patient data safety in Europe.
"Electronic heath records pose security and privacy
problems," elaborates Mr. Vinod. "The degree of access is a major factor
associated with this challenge where determining the level of access to be given
to each individual creates problems for vendors."
Each department within an organisation stores data in
different formats. Incompatible data formats within departments will present
difficulties until interoperability is achieved.
Industry participants should look at standardising data
formats and ensuring that only authorised individuals have access to patient
data. Partnering with local organisations will also be critical to resolving
significant issues related to patient data safety.
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