Healthcare providers use secure networks to exchange medical data. Only healthcare providers that meet strict security requirements are allowed to use these networks.
Secure networks
The networks we use are called XDS and LSP. These networks are fully compliant with national guidelines on information security and the requirements for healthcare system management.
- XDS: XDS stands for Cross-enterprise Document Sharing and is designed to enable the sharing of medical documents and images in a standardised and secure manner between collaborating healthcare institutions.
- LSP: LSP is short for Landelijk Schakelpunt (National Exchange Point). Healthcare providers can join the LSP network to share their patients' medical data digitally. The LSP contains only a referral index with Citizen Service Numbers and is therefore not a database, as it does not contain any medical data. Patients’ data stays securely put in the systems of their healthcare providers: GPs, pharmacies and hospitals.
Which medical data can be shared?
Below is a list of types of medical data that can be exchanged over a secure network. Not all data can be shared on every network and with all healthcare providers. Which data can be shared depends on the capabilities of a particular network, but also on the agreements made with other healthcare providers.
We will always ask you to consent to sharing data over a particular network, rather than to sharing a particular kind of data. Otherwise, you would have to give consent for each new application or whenever a new healthcare provider joined the network.
The following types of data can be shared:
- Lab test results
- Results of function tests which may include results approved by a doctor with whom Diagnostiek voor U has an agreement. Function tests include pulmonary function tests, ECGs and Holter monitor tests
- Medical images and reports
With whom do we share medical data?
Only healthcare providers who are currently treating you may request your data, provided they need your data for your treatment. This includes GPs, pharmacies, medical specialists and their stand-ins. Health insurers, company doctors and employers are not allowed to access your data.
