Towards a New Paradigm of Federated Electronic Health Records in Palestine
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College of Nursing, Hebron University, Hebron, Palestine
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VALORIZA—Research Center for Endogenous Resource Valorization Management Sciences, 7300 Portalegre, Portugal
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School of Management Sciences, Health, IT and Engineering, Atlantica University,
2730-036 Barcarena, Portugal
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College of Information Technology, Hebron University, Hebron, Palestine
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Informatics 2020, 7(4), 41; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/informatics7040041
Received: 26 July 2020 / Revised: 19 September 2020 / Accepted: 1 October 2020 / Published: 5 October 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovations in Electronic Health Records to Improve Safety and Quality and Reduce Clinician Burnout)
While efforts are underway to create a sound system of electronic health records in Palestinian health institutions, there remain obstacles and challenges. Given modern day demands on health systems, we propose a federated electronic health system based on the clinical document architecture (CDA) that is compliant within the Palestine context. This architecture also brings a normalized electronic health record and a structure of blockchain to enhance interoperability with scalability, fault tolerance, privacy, and security. The new architecture and technologies will enhance services by allowing health care players, patients, and others to have the opportunity to obtain improved access and control of their health services. This may also serve as a useful model for other low-middle income countries.
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Keywords:
health information systems; electronic health records; health legacy systems; FEHR; CDA; blockchain; cloud computing; Palestine
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El Jabari, C.; Macedo, M.; Al-jabari, M.O. Towards a New Paradigm of Federated Electronic Health Records in Palestine. Informatics 2020, 7, 41. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/informatics7040041
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El Jabari C, Macedo M, Al-jabari MO. Towards a New Paradigm of Federated Electronic Health Records in Palestine. Informatics. 2020; 7(4):41. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/informatics7040041
Chicago/Turabian StyleEl Jabari, Carol; Macedo, Mario; Al-jabari, Mohanad O. 2020. "Towards a New Paradigm of Federated Electronic Health Records in Palestine" Informatics 7, no. 4: 41. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/informatics7040041
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