Pedrosa, TiagoCosta, Carlos Manuel AzevedoLopes, Rui PedroOliveira, José Luís2010-01-182010-01-182009INForum Simpósio de Informática. Lisboa, 2009. ISBN 978-972-9348-18-1978-972-9348-18-1http://hdl.handle.net/10198/1302Electronic Health Records are key components to an efficient exploitation of information technologies in health care institutions. Nevertheless, several barriers that hinder its wide adoption subsists. The co-existence of dissimilar and incompatible health information systems and the absence of a unique central repository for personal medical data are some examples. This paper, we propose a web-based health records repository that allow citizens to have a unique virtual card that integrates all their personal clinical data. Privacy policies and the access control mechanisms are also discussed.engVirtual health card systemElectronic health recordsWeb basedSecurityconference object