“On January 22 after two months of serious discussion (see here) the Dutch health minister Dr. Ab Klink announced in the Dutch parliament that the implementation of a national EHR will be postponed. He did not mention a new target date.
On November 1 the minister sent a letter to all Dutch households announcing the rollout of an EHR. Initially the discussion focused on technical and financial issues. But the accompanying brochure made it clear that all healthcare providers would have access to the patient data. This caused a major “uproar” from citizens. Within 2 months over 330.000 persons opted-out of a system that not even was legally accepted. As a consequence privacy and access concerns are now some of the major arguments for the postponement.”
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Lodewijk Bos, ICMCC Blog, 23 January 2009
