After development of a state of the art electronic health record, which is accessible via the internet and belongs to a patient, who can manage access to it, the methods of introducing it into routine use in the environment of children’s oncology is the theme of this paper. The new navigation in an EHR intends a shared use for the patient, relatives, and different HCPs.

The laboratory devices were equipped with an HL7-interface to send messages to the HIS. These messages are combined in documents according to the CDA and sent to the EHR. In a similar way referral letters are uploaded directly from the HIS.

Several information resources are used to enlighten the patient and help to enable him to become a member of a team for collaborative care. The varying roles of patient and HCPs lead to some very interesting questions, which have to be answered by a following study.