The Role of Electronic Health Records in Chronic Disease Management for a Sustainable Health Care System

The report titled "The Role of Electronic Health Records in Chronic Disease Management for a Sustainable Health Care System" is prepared by Prof. Dr. Erdal Akalın (Project Manager), Ass. Prof. Dr. Mine Durusu Tanrıöver (Project Reporter and Faculty Member of the Hacettepe University) and Faik Sayran (Project IT Advisor), within the framework of the activities of the Health Policies and Strategies Sub-Working Group under to the Health Working Group within the Social Affairs Committee of TÜSİAD.

The report discusses every aspect of the role of electronic health records in chronic disease management and investigates the adequacy of the existing personal health record infrastructure with a case study about hypertension, a chronic disease widespread in Turkey.