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Vol: 58(72) No: 1 / March 2013 Certification of EHR Systems - a Romanian Model Angela-Simona Apostol Department of Computers and Applied Informatics, University of Tibiscus, Faculty of Computers and Applied Informatics, 300559, Timişoara, Romania, Str.Lascar Catargiu, Nr.4-6, phone: +40(0)256.220.687, e-mail: sapostol@tibiscus.ro Lucian Mutaşcu TWO SIDE S.R.L, 300734, Timişoara, Romania, e-mail: mutascu.lucian@gmail.com Mircea Focşa Medical Informatics , Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timisoara, Pta Eftimie Murgu nr. 2, 300043 Timisoara, Romania, e-mail: mfocsa@umft.ro Keywords: electronic health record (EHR), quality, certification in Europe, certification in Romania, criteria of certification Abstract The problem of quality certification for the EHR systems is extremely important in the current context of the preoccupation to make EHR systems more compatible with the requirements in the medical field. There are numerous projects, completed or in progress, and certainly others dedicated to the EHR systems will be proposed, yet the main concern should be their quality control and testing, as quality is an essential factor in adopting and using EHR systems. The quality certification of the EHR systems aims to improve the quality of the medical service and thus the quality of life. Without perseverance and gradual application of the certification by steadily increasing pressure on developers one cannot hope to achieve quality EHR systems. The certification of EHR systems comes as a solution to solve the users’ requirements and in the same time to guide the developers in achieving EHR systems compatible with the requirements of the applicable European standards. References [1] G. Freriks, “European Quality Labelling, Certification, Electronic Health Record systems (EHR)”, ProRec Conference – “Present and Future of EHR in Romania”, Bucharest, Romania, 2007. [2] G.De Moor, “EuroRec: current standing on EHR certification in Europe”, - conference presentation, Viena, Austria, 2007, “The World of Health IT Conference”. [3] A. Hoerbst, E. Ammenwerth, “Quality Certification of Electronic Health Records”- An overview of current approaches from the US and Europe, Appl Clin Inf 20010; 1: 149–164, 2010. [4] Available from http://www.prorec.ro/EHRQTN.php, [5] Available from http://www.prorec.ro/PDF/WQTN2009/P1%20Focsa%20Eurorec.pdf. [6] M. Focşa, ”Quality Certification of EHR systems”, Timişoara, Editura FOKART, 2007, pp. 68-69. [7] S. Apostol, “Interoperability of The Electronic Recording systems of the Medical Data” – Ph.D Thesis, 2011. [8] S. Apostol, L. Mutaşcu and M. Focşa, “Certification model of the EHR systems in Romania”, 32st National Conference on Medical Informatics, (RO-MEDINF2012) Timisoara, Romania, 2012. |