ČTK
“Interpol has joined the investigation of IZIP, the scandal-ridden Czech project of patients´ electronic health records, daily Lidove noviny (LN) writes today, adding that Interpol is checking the project protagonists´ ties abroad.
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Prague Daily Monitor
“The IZIP patients’ e-health files project, subsidised by the state-controlled VZP insurer for ten years now and widely criticised as disadvantageous for the state, will be wound up, Prime Minister Petr Necas and Health Minister Leos Heger agreed on Thursday, Heger’s spokesman told CTK.
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ePractice EU
“Almost 50 % of all healthcare workers in the Czech Republic now actively employ the electronic health records (EHRs) of the IZIP system (EZK, in Czech), it was announced on 2 September 2011.
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Cabrnoch M, Hasić B. Health and Technology, 1(2-4)
In the last few years, electronic healthcare has become a phenomenon that is being widely discussed by both patients and physicians. The Electronic Health Book(EHB) system, a unique Czech solution for eHealth, is developing dynamically in the Czech Republic. EHB is a highly secure overview of a patient’s health and medical information in electronic form, accessible 24 h a day via the Internet. At the same time, it is a safe environment interconnecting healthcare service providers, patients, and health insurance companies. It serves to transfer medical information between the physician and the patient and amongst physicians. In emergencies, it can help save lives.
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