Research on the current electronic health record data access at home and abroad

The open access of electronic health record(EHR) is an important link to promote the construction and application of EHR. Starting with the definition of open data of EHR, the authors discussed the content and form of open data of electronic health records, summarized the advanced experiences of countries with higher openness of EHR in the United States, the United Kingdom and Denmark. This paper combined the current situation that the opening of EHR in China is limited within data access instead of data utilization. It also pointed out such problems in the opening of EHR in China, as unclear data ownership, weak health awareness of residents and lack of unified construction standards.From the point of view of the state and medical institutions, this paper put forward a series of policy suggestions, such as issuing standards to standardize the opening of EHR, implementing patient real-name certification, realizing the overall opening of regional platforms, and linking the scope of application and supervision with the content of data opening. Key words: Electronic health records; Open data; Data access; Healthcare information technology