Publications by authors named "Panayiotis Savva"

This paper introduces a mobile framework designed to enhance citizen access to and sharing of health data, aiming to empower individuals with greater control over their personal health information. Accessing and sharing health-related data is essential in everyday scenarios, from routine doctor visits or viewing your health on your own to emergencies where swift access can save lives. It addresses the challenges posed by the fragmented nature of healthcare services and the barriers of language differences in patient records.

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In this paper we present a demonstration of a prototype national Electronic Health Record platform for Cyprus. This prototype is developed using the HL7 FHIR interoperability standard in combination with terminologies widely adopted by the clinical community such as the SNOMED CT and the LOINC. The system is organized in such a way to be user-friendly for its users, being the doctors and the citizens.

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This paper presents MYeHealthAppCY, an mHealth solution designed to provide patients and healthcare providers in Cyprus with access to medical data. The application includes features such as an at-a-glance view of patient summary, comprehensive prescription management, teleconsultation, and the ability to store and access European Digital COVID Certificates (EUDCC). The application is an integral part of the eHealth4U platform targeting to implement a prototype EHR platform for national use.

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The aim of this paper is to present Cyprus' initiative for the design and the implementation of the prototype of the integrated electronic health record at a national level that will establish the foundations of the country's broader eHealth ecosystem. The latter, requires an interdisciplinary approach and scientific collaboration among various fields, including medicine, information and communication technologies, management, and finance, among others. The objective, is to design the system architecture, specify the requirements in terms of clinical content as well as the hardware infrastructure, but also implement European and national legislation with respect to privacy and security that govern sensitive medical data manipulation.

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