Standstill
An attempt was already made in 2011 with the National Electronic Patient File. “The idea was: we will share medication that you received from the GP and from the pharmacy in the care,” says Heldoorn. The Senate blocked this at the time, causing development to stand still for years. There are now again calls for this to be arranged electronically. “But it will take a number of years before we get there again.”
Prints
As a patient, you currently have to take printouts from your GP and pharmacy with you about your medications. “If that doesn’t work, healthcare providers are forced to make phone calls,” says Heldoorn. This also causes problems when recording. “We know from all kinds of studies on medication use that there are approximately 1,200 incidents per week in healthcare in the Netherlands. Roughly half of these are avoidable. And not all of these are errors that have to do with the transfer of information. But that is one of the contributing factors.”
It is currently mandatory to indicate that you want this information to be shared with the hospital. “But for some people, that question is not relevant or quite complicated at that moment, or they want to think about it some more,” says Heldoorn.
Donorregister
A solution is now being worked on. “We, together with many parties, have asked the House of Representatives to reverse the system of prior consent to that you can in principle exchange it, unless you object to it. Just like with the donor register.” It’s going to take a while. “An average law takes up to two years.”
2023-11-28 13:44:28
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