Comment on the

We welcome the engagement of the Article 29 Working Group on the issues surrounding the introduction of the EHR. We believe it is timely and appropriate that guidance should be given at a European level to inform debates taking place within the member states. Creation of Electronic Health Records engages different obligations and the effective management of the new ‘risk scenarios’ they present will require sustained engagement between stakeholders in data protection, human rights, national confidentiality laws, ethics, and the potential users of such EHR systems.