Electronic medical data sharing

Does your GP or pharmacy use the LSP? Then he or she will ask you for permission to make your data available via this network. After your consent, your healthcare provider will register your data with the LSP by passing on your citizen service number (BSN). Giving permission can be done in three ways:

1. You give permission to your (GP) or pharmacy by telling them.
2. You fill this form and give this to your (GP) or pharmacy.
3. You give via www.volgjezorg.nl consent. On that website, you can also see if you have already given permission and to whom.

If you visit more than one healthcare provider, you give permission for each healthcare provider.

Another healthcare provider can then request your data if necessary for your treatment. Using your citizen service number, the LSP searches which healthcare providers have made data available about you. If data are available, the healthcare provider can request and view them.

The network only lists your BSN and which GP and pharmacy have data about you available. Your medical data is therefore not stored in the LSP.

The LSP is divided into about 40 regions. All GP surgeries, general practitioners and pharmacies, which use the LSP, are assigned to one of these regions and can join another region if necessary. Within such a region, healthcare providers exchange data with each other. An exception has been made for hospitals. They often have patients coming from several regions and can therefore exchange data with several regions. In principle, patients do not notice the regional division, unless they also visit healthcare providers from other regions. In that case, data may not be retrievable. Via the you can see in which region or regions your healthcare provider can exchange data.