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Category
Supplementary Resource
Type
Standard
Version
1.2
Access
Open
Status
Trial
Created
October 2023
The International Patient Summary (IPS) is an electronic health record that allows healthcare professionals to exchange patient information across national borders.

This supplement to the IHE Patient Care Coordination Technical Framework describes the IPS profile and provides multiple use cases involving cross-border care.

Main sections:

· Profiles (including the following use cases: emergency care abroad, elective surgery abroad, managing work-related illness while working abroad and within-border emergency care)

· Transactions

· Content modules

· National extensions