Information and communications technology and its application in the materialization of an advanced electronic health record

The application of new technologies in health units suggests the materialization of an advanced Electronic Health Record as a central axis in medical information management. The aim of present study is to point out the position Information and Communications Technology has in the health field and how it can play a major role in the materialization of an advanced Electronic Health Record, offering major filing capacity in small volume, while strong huge medical data, based on international standards which are directly accessible and processable.