advantages of sense® - smart eHealth solutions

Sense® is one of the most progressive and flexible solutions for the implementation of an electronic health record. Decentralized storage of data: sense® components use Localnodes and Communitynodes to grant a secure access to the data of the different health care institutions participating in a network. Localnodes are components in a network which are separately available for every participant while Communitynodes are used by all participants together. More information can be found here.
Every member of a network can have a separate Repository (Storage of a health care provider for documents, which should be available for the other members of the network). This offers the possibility for a decentralized storage of the data.

Advantages for patients, physicians and nurses

• Improved communication between healthcare providers participating in a network.
  
  
• Faster availability of medical documents relevant for the treatment of a patient. This leads to faster diagnosis and cuts down the treatment time for patients.
  
  
• Through the additional information it is easier for physicians to order the right tests when treating a patient. This reduces unnecessary efforts for the patient and can help to reduce hospital stays.
  
  
• Sense® supports cost-effective workflows and has a big impact on the quality of care.
  
  
• Medical personnel can access with the permission of a patient his or her medical history and prevent the loss of important information and increase the patient safety (Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, 2011).

Advantages for healthcare providers

• Data security: sense® follows one of the highest data security levels. Medical data and documents can only be accessed with the permission of the patient. This makes it necessary to monitor and document every access to the network and viewing of documents.
  
  
• IHE conformity: sense® uses the standards of IHE. The IHE Integration profile XDS builds a fundamental basis for a secure and cost-saving exchange of medical documents between different actors in the future.
  
  
• Integration of sense into the CIS of different actors: Through certain adaptors sense® can be easily connected and for that reason integrated into the IT system of a healthcare provider.