The access
I’m enquiring / My shared health record
Who has access to my health record ?
- Consent
- Therapeutic relationship (as part of continuity of care)
- Access matrix
1 – The consent
Your registration with the Brussels Health Network is valid everywhere in Belgium and is free.
Once you have given your consent, you do not have to give it again later on. Your doctor, pharmacist, hospital, immediately sees via its software if you have already given your consent
Your consent allows the exchange of digital health data securely between all the care providers and institutions with whom you have a therapeutic relationship.
You are free to subscribe and unsubscribe at any time. Deregistration also has a national scope. If you withdraw your consent, all the services related to these projects will be deactivated (your health documents will no longer be published).
How to register my consent in a practical way?
- Via your GP, if already enrolled in the Brussels Health Network
- Via the hospital admissions department
- via your pharmacist
- Via your mutual
- Via a downloadable PDF form, filled out and returned to the administrative department of Abrumet
- Via the website, if you have an electronic identity card (eID), a pin code and card reader (for Windows users)
- Via the e-health platform or another of the country’s health networks
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Have I already given my consent?
If you are already registered on another Belgian network this means that you have already given your consent. Your consent to share your health information digitally and securely. Therefore, you do not have to give your consent again.
Nevertheless, if you want to access your shared health records, you must register with the Brussels Health Network platform by clicking the “I wish to register” button.
On the home page, click on “e-ID login” or “Itsme login” button.
- If you are registered, you will automatically go to the home page of your secure portal.
- If you have not yet registered, a message will notify you and suggest that you register
2 – The therapeutic relationship
A “therapeutic relationship” is created when there is contact between a patient and a health care provider as part of a care relationship. The concept of a therapeutic relationship encompasses any health professional who is involved in the continuity of care of a patient, including specialists in analysis or medical imaging. If you have given your consent, the creation of this relationship allows the healthcare professional to access your shared data.
This means that your company doctor, your mutual insurance company doctor or your insurance company doctor do not have access to your health data.
The doctor creates this therapeutic relationship directly via the GP’s software during your consultation. If you wish, you can manage these links via the Brussels Health Network platform. Remember that in order to exist, this “therapeutic relationship” must be able to be proven: this is the case, for example, when you give your electronic identity card to a hospital admissions department, doctor or pharmacist.
The duration of the therapeutic relationship varies depending on the context of your care and the type of relationship you have with the health professional.
- If you have a long-term relationship with your GP or pharmacist, the period of access to your data by your doctor can be up to 15 months.
- However, if you have occasional contact with a health professional, the period of access to your data will be limited to a period of three months.
- And finally, an emergency room doctor will have access to your data for a period of one month.
Managing my therapeutic links
If you wish, you can manage these links via your patient portal on the Brussels Health Network. Find out how by watching the video above.
As soon as you remove a therapeutic link, the healthcare professional no longer has access to your data via the health networks. If you wish to deprive the healthcare professional of access on a permanent basis, you must exclude him or her.
If you have excluded a healthcare professional, he or she will never be able to access your shared documents on healthcare networks.
3 – The access matrix
Partners
The Brussels Health Network brings together all public and private Brussels hospitals as well as the French and Dutch speaking associations of health professionals in Brussels (FAMGB and BHAK). We are the ideal partner for any project related to e-health in the Brussels region.
