Less than Four Percent Active Users: This Is How the Electronic Patient Record Is Being Received.

Deutsches Ärzteblatt

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Berlin – After a year, the electronic patient record (ePA) is a hot topic. Federal Health Minister Nina Warken (CDU) today gave an initial positive assessment. The National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV) wants to find out whether the medical profession shares this view in a survey. The aim is to determine how doctors and psychotherapists perceive the ePA...

Augsburger Allgemeine

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The electronic patient record was launched a year ago. But glitches, data privacy debates, and technical hurdles slowed its progress. Has the electronic record made the leap into everyday practice?

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One year after the start of the electronic patient file (ePA), almost every legally insured person in Germany has the opportunity to use the new digital offer - but only a small part actually uses the ePA in everyday life. According to a current Civey survey on behalf of Pharma Deutschland, although about 80 percent of people know the ePA, but only almost 20 percent have used it so far. Thus, a central promise of digitisation in the healthcare s…