Purposes of health identification cards and role of a secure access platform (Be-Health) in Belgium

摘要: Although other alternatives may exist, identification cards have been chosen as an acceptable and adequate tool to be used identify patients health professionals. It is planned use these for digital signature access electronic records: searching various databases well information exchange. Local applications might exist independently, but the Belgian federal state has now developed Be-Health, a platform professionals, social security personnel general public, designed facilitate secure common uniform certain data. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.