Online health networks.

Healthcare networks function as a structural synergy serving the various healthcare actors, including the patient, who is the beneficiary. Medically speaking, they meet the need of healthcare professionals for targeted information sharing with regard to the medical record. Economically speaking, they may represent an added value and/or a diminution of costs, thus contributing to quality of care. The adoption of the same standards for all concerned servers is an absolute prerequisite if multidisciplinary applications are to be generated, as well as related services of an informational and educational nature.