Dutch clinicians attack fragmentation of child records
Doctors, nurses and welfare workers in The Netherlands have voiced concerns that the country’s new electronic child record (Elektronisch Kinddossier – EKD) does not provide a national or continuous record of care.
Both the AJN (Artsen Jeugdgezondheidszorg Nederland – Netherlands Association of Paediatric Doctors) and the V&VN (Verpleegkundigen & Verzorgenden Nederland – Netherlands Nursing and Welfare Workers Association) are concerned that the EKD system is split into separate infant (0-4 years) and paediatric (4-19 years) records, with no continuity between them.
Both organisations are also concerned that the new system – launched in October 2007 and due to be rolled out nationwide in 2008 – is being implemented on a regional basis with no country-wide connectivity. A child moving from one part of the Netherlands to another will start with a completely new record under the current EKD programme, which critics have attacked as a major loophole in the country’s system of child care and protection.
Artsen en verpleegkundigen bezorgd over Elektronisch Kinddossier
