General Data Protection Regulation in Health Clinics The focus on personal data has merited the EU concerns and attention, resulting in the legislative change regarding privacy and the protection of personal data. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) aims to reform existing measures on the protection of personal data of European Union citizens, with a strong impact on the rights and freedoms of individuals in establishing rules for the processing of personal data. The GDPR considers a special category of personal data, the health data, being these considered as sensitive data and subject to special conditions regarding treatment and access by third parties. This work presents the evolution of the applicability of the Regulation (EU) 2016679 six months after its application in Portuguese health clinics. The results of the present study are discussed in the light of future literature and work are identified.

TreC platform. An integrated and evolving care model for patients empowerment and data repository. Abstract   Introduction  Health care has been deeply revolutionized by the new wave of information and communication technology (ICT) development, particularly related to the electronicpersonal health record (PHR). The present paper describes the original design and implementation approach followed in the Trentino Province (Italy) to promote an Integrated Care Model for patientsxe2x80x99 empowerment and data repository, by means of an evolving Personal Health Record  PHR platform, named TreC (Trentino Citizens Clinical Record).    Materials and Methods  The TreC Platform is conceived as a communication hub among different stakeholders. The core assumption of the TreC platform strategy is to consider the citizenpatient as main manager and owner of both hisher own health and hisher contacts with the health care systems.    Results  Over the years, the TreC platform has represented the core pillar in the digitalization process promoted at Province level. This has been strategically embedded in the multifaceted egovernment strategy endorsed by the Province of Trento. So far (October 2018), more than 89,000 citizens within the Province of Trento are using TreC platform as a way to communicate with the health care system and access their own personal health records    Conclusions  The experience gained through the TreC platform implementation and its results are promising, supporting the idea that a PHR platform can represent a key driving factor in improving health care quality and efficiency, both from a patient and a health care staff perspective.