HiAll, Would appreciate responses regarding legislation regardin non-EU legal codes on electronic healthcare records. The EU already has a well-developed set of codes.
The US seems to be a problem since there are 50 states, a federal government and special jurisdictions. They do not necessarily agree on all matters. The US should have a Uniform Model Code on Electronic Healthcare Records which should be enacted/modified by the various legislative bodies. Not yet! Piecing together the enactments of the major states is in itself interesting. Others, e.g., Canada, New Zealand and Australia seem to be off to a good start. WHY WORRY ABOUT THIS? It takes years to push some of this through the legislatures. Better start now. WHAT IS THE FUSS ABOUT? Criminal and civil judicial actions, i.e., nasty. I should have though of this two years ago. Regional deployment is in itself a problem in the US. Each state has to contend with state and federal law. Forget nationwide deployment for now. Countries that have no model code will be a big problem. These can be resolved in part by getting the legislators involved as soon as possible. Any comments? -Thomas Clark - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org
