My shared health record

What is it ?

It’s a collection of health documents that your healthcare providers can share — with your consent — because they are useful and relevant to improving your medical follow-up. These documents, published via the health networks in Wallonia, Brussels, and Flanders, make up your shared health record.

Publishing documents in your shared health record is not a legal obligation. It’s not an automatic system: not all your medical data will be included by default, even if it exists with different providers or hospitals.

To make sure useful information is shared, it’s important to ask each healthcare provider whether they publish your documents in the shared health record.

Your consent is the starting point. Once given, your shared health record is gradually built up over the course of your medical consultations.

What are the benefits ?

• • Your health data gathered in one place

  • Better coordination between the healthcare professionals treating you

  • Fewer risks of duplicate tests or harmful drug interactions

  • Faster and more effective care in case of emergency

  • Accessible anytime, anywhere in Belgium (24/7)

Throughout your life, you consult various healthcare professionals — general practitioners, specialists, hospitals, etc. Each one creates a medical record about you, but these records are not automatically connected. Without the Brussels Health Network, important information may be missing during your consultations.

What if something unexpected happens?
You might need to see a doctor on call, visit an emergency service, or consult someone other than your usual doctor. These providers often don’t know your medical history.

Thanks to the shared health record, your essential health information can be accessed — with your consent — by connected healthcare providers, anytime and anywhere in Belgium. This helps ensure better, safer care, even from professionals who don’t know you yet.

For example, your general practitioner can publish a health summary (SumEHR): a useful overview for other providers, without sharing your entire medical record.

Good to know: only healthcare professionals directly involved in your care have access to this data — and only according to their role. Occupational doctors, insurance doctors, or those from mutualities do not have access, since they are not part of your ongoing medical care.

Which documents are shared ?

Click here to find out what data is shared