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Collection Methodology for Key Performance Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities

Dimension Society And Culture
Sub-Dimension Education, Health and Culture
Category Health
KPI Name Electronic Health Records
KPI No. SC: EH: ED: 5A Type: Advanced Type: Smart

Definition / Percentage of city inhabitants with electronic health records
Description

Rationale / Electronic health records (also known as e-health records) refers to a system of
Interpretation / collecting patient health records, which are stored digitally so that they can be
Benchmarking accessed and shared amongst all relevant health providers.
Generally, an e-health record is a single file, which contains the most up to date
information on the patient.
E-health records may also contain other information such as visits to health-care
providers, immunizations, imaging results, billing information etc.
Since e-health records are stored centrally and are more likely up to date, they can
be an invaluable source in emergency situations when a patient is unable to
communicate.
However, some patients may not be in favour of “sharing” records between health
providers. In such situations, the healthcare provider should explicitly ask whether
the patient would like to share their data with other providers (in life threatening
situations). The relevant data privacy laws also come into play for this indicator. It is
also important to note that health records have a minimum retention period
(depending on the hospital/clinic) and many patients may not be keen for these
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records to be kept/shared beyond this specific date.
An improving trend and higher values are considered positive.

Methodology Calculate as:
Numerator: Number of city inhabitants with electronic health records.
Denominator: Total number of city inhabitants.
Multiply by 100%

Unit Percentage
Data Sources / Data can be obtained through municipal / regional / national health departments.
Relevant
Databases

SDG Reference(s) SDG Target 3.D: Strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing
countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global
health risks.

1 Retention period begins from the date of last entry of information into the medical record at a specific medical
facility. In many countries, keeping medical records beyond the retention period is considered a violation of patient
privacy. Hence, medical facilities in most countries are encouraged to destroy the medical records after the retention
period is over or hand over the files to the patients themselves. If hospitals/clinics want to continue using these data
for research purposes after the retention period, it is essential that all the information is anonymized. Certain records
associated with births, cancer treatments and organ transplants are kept indefinitely.

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