Digitization Federal Council insists on central solution for e-patient dossier

The Federal Council wants to help the electronic patient dossier achieve a breakthrough with a comprehensive revision of the relevant legislation. It is now proposing to centralize the technical infrastructure with the federal government.

The federal government made this decision on Friday. According to the press release, it will include the amendment in the dispatch to be submitted to Parliament in spring 2025. The councils will then decide on the major reform.

In order to further improve the electronic patient record (EPR), it is to be used on a mandatory basis along the entire treatment chain in future. In addition to hospitals and care facilities, outpatient service providers such as doctors, pharmacists, physiotherapists and chiropractors are to be obliged to join the EPR and enter all treatment-relevant data.

In future, everyone should receive an EPR automatically and free of charge. Anyone who does not want a dossier should be able to object.