The future of the national virtual EPR in the Netherlands: Changes in approaching large-scale exchange of information in Dutch Healthcare

This paper outlines, in brief, how a major project to establish a national virtual electronic patient record (EPR) in the Netherlands was cancelled by the Dutch senate, but could restart as a private initiative in an altered form and with a different intention. The infrastructure that was realized to support this virtual EPR - the Landelijk Schakelpunt (LSP, National Interaction Router) - as well as Aorta, the architecture of the information-exchange, could, fortunately, largely be reused. However alterations had to be made. How does this differ from the governmental EPR project and what are t... Mehr ...