Hey all,
TL;DR: Can any doctor you visit in your country access your medical history? Regardless of this, how would you rate your healthcare system in general, on 1-10 scale?
So, what baffles me in some European countries is the level of underdevelopment in certain areas that clearly need improvement – and lack of public demand of such improvements that would’ve driven the change.
As an example – I took electronic health records. It makes total sense to me that, if I’m admitted to a hospital, or have an emergency, or visit my family doctor / GP – I want all of these people to have flawless interchange of my medical data: of all the people on this planet, I think they need it more than anyone, lol.
But strangely enough, not all the countries prioritize this. In fact, here’s the 2021 OECD report on eHR (electronic Health Records) implementation in some countries:
[https://www.oecd.org/publications/progress-on-implementing-and-using-electronic-health-record-systems-4f4ce846-en.htm](https://www.oecd.org/publications/progress-on-implementing-and-using-electronic-health-record-systems-4f4ce846-en.htm)
What you’d probably want to look at is Annex D, which lists and scores countries in a table based on different stages of implementation. Germany and Ireland have one of the lowest scores. Asian countries are using GenAI now with the health databases, while in Ireland my doctor uses pen and paper still.
So, the question is: does your country have eHR system in place that your doctors can use regardless of where they sit and what they do, once you are in their care? And how do you rate your country’s healthcare in general, regardless of eHR availability?