e-Health Spain

Within its six main areas of action, the NHS Quality Plan, adopted in 2006 includes the use of ICT for improving healthcare services. Over the last 15 years, the RHS have prioritised different lines of action in the field of ICT and, despite certain diversity in functional designs, all regions coincide fully in four major lines of action:

• A reliable system for user identification, the Individual Health Card (IHC);
• Development of Electronic Health Record (EHR);
• Integrated processes for the provision of pharmaceuticals: prescription, verification, dispensing.
• Previous appointments on line with primary care doctors and specialists.
• Devices for remote diagnosis and treatment (telemedicine).

The NHS Quality Plan embraces these common lines of action, extending their benefits to the NHS as a whole, within its Equity, Quality and Innovation Strategy