„ELGA – Modern communication at patients' service"
Presented by
Alois Stöger, Federal Minister for Health
ELGA is an information system which ? independent on location and time ? enables a controlled access to important health data (hospital discharge letters, laboratory findings, radiographs, medication). Beneficiaries are patients, hospitals, doctors with their own practices, pharmacies and special care homes.
- Increase of patient security (e-medication)
- Quality enhancement of medical treatment (provision of medical findings)
- Simple access to one's individual medical findings via the Internet
- Enhancement of one's own medical competence
- Prevention of repeated examinations
