“It was a good idea, perfectly clear and so obvious. Many dangerous side effects could be prevented if each physician knew all drugs his patients are currently taking. So many unnecessary examinations could be avoided if physicians could inform themselves about all the examination results their colleagues obtained before them.” These are the arguments of the electronic health card’s advocates, and they are right. “If this health care data were collected and transmitted electronically and in a standardized way, millions of people could receive better and less expensive treatment” , is what the Financial Times Deutschland wrote in an otherwise critical comment on the introduction of the electronic health card in Germany.”
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e-Health News EU, 11 May 2006
