An Information Infrastructure to Support Cross Border Healthcare Services

Secure, reliable and rapid access to comprehensible information is a prerequisite forquality healthcare, whether in a local or cross border scenario. Accurate and complete patient medical records can significantly enhance the appropriateness and quality of healthcare. Efficient and error-free handling of related administrative data can expedite payment and reimbursements and increase the efficiency of healthcare administration.

The Central Repository proposed as the foundation of the cross-border healthcare IT infrastructure will enable the consolidated data to be made available to care providers using a portal that would be developed on the central repository. This portal will be able to be deployed in a number of different ways: web-based applications for care providers (e.g. Hospitals, GPs, Clinics etc.); wireless / Handheld devices (e.g. Community care workers, Accident and Emergency etc.). Industry Standard Messaging (e.g. Citizens (i.e. SMS)).