ELGA Expansion: Radiology and Laboratory Findings Stored from July
From July 1 this year, practicing doctors must store laboratory and radiology findings and the associated images in the Electronic Health Record ELGA, such as X-ray images, MRI or CT.
ELGA: Radiology and Laboratory Findings from Hospitals Stored from 2026
From January 1, 2026, all relevant health data must be stored in the ELGA, unless there are specific special regulations, including laboratory and radiology findings from hospitals in the context of inpatient, outpatient or telemedical treatment, prescriptions of drugs by freelance doctors without a health insurance contract or even care situation reports from nursing homes. From the beginning of 2028, hospitals and practicing doctors should also have to store pathology findings, from January 1, 2030, hospitals and specialist doctors must also store other specialist findings in the context of outpatient treatment.
Risk of Interactions and Misdiagnoses to Decrease with ELGA
Patients would thus have access to their complete medical findings at any time. This would also enable more efficient communication between the treating doctors, the risk of interactions and misdiagnoses would decrease. In emergencies or when visiting a new doctor, all diagnoses would be available. You can also unsubscribe from ELGA. The new storage obligations are "an important step" to develop ELGA into a "useful health portal" for patients, said Health Minister Johannes Rauch (Greens). "The results will become visible gradually over the coming years." Rauch does not believe that a new blue-black government could still overturn the timetable, as he said on Ö1's "Morning Journal" on Saturday.
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