Access to health information during emergency call

Emergency entity to be arranged in a mobile network, the mobile network providing wireless communication for mobile devices across at least a regional area according to a network communication protocol,

• the network communication protocol enabling calls between subscribers to the network,
• the calls comprising emergency calls between mobile devices and the emergency entity, an emergency call setup being initiated upon a mobile device performing an emergency action,
• the network being coupled to a medical database comprising respective electronic health records (EHR) regarding respective persons, each person having a respective medical identifier linking the person to the respective electronic health records,
• the mobile device being arranged:
• to obtain an encrypted medical identifier of a user of the device;
• and, upon establishing that the user may be a victim of an emergency,
• to include the encrypted medical identifier in an emergency message during an emergency call,
• wherein the emergency entity comprises:
• a network communication unit for communicating via the network, and
• a secure processor arranged:
• to retrieve the encrypted medical identifier from the emergency message, and
• to access the medical database to retrieve at least one electronic health record (EHR) based on the encrypted medical identifier
• for enabling forwarding information from the electronic health record (EHR) to responders to the emergency.

Network entity to be arranged in a mobile network, the mobile network providing wireless communication for mobile devices across at least a regional area according to a network communication protocol,

• the network communication protocol enabling calls between subscribers to the network,
• the calls comprising emergency calls between mobile devices and an emergency entity, an emergency call setup being initiated upon a mobile device performing an emergency action,
• the network being coupled to a medical database comprising respective electronic health records (EHR) regarding respective persons, each person having a respective medical identifier linking the person to the respective electronic health records,
• the emergency entity being arranged
• to retrieve an encrypted medical identifier from an emergency message, and
• to access the medical database to retrieve at least one electronic health record (EHR) based on the encrypted medical identifier
• for enabling forwarding of information from the electronic health record (EHR) to responders to an emergency,
• wherein the network entity is arranged
• to receive identity data from a mobile device engaging an emergency call setup;
• to obtain an encrypted medical identifier corresponding to the identity data;
• and
• to include the encrypted medical identifier in the emergency message during an emergency call.

Method for use in a mobile device arranged for wireless communication in a mobile network, the mobile network providing wireless communication for mobile devices across at least a regional area according to a network communication protocol,

• the network communication protocol enabling calls between subscribers to the network,
• the calls comprising emergency calls between mobile devices and an emergency entity, an emergency call setup being initiated upon a mobile device performing an emergency action,
• the network being coupled to a medical database comprising respective electronic health records (EHR) regarding respective persons, each person having a respective medical identifier linking the person to the respective electronic health records,
• the emergency entity being arranged:
• to retrieve an encrypted medical identifier from an emergency message, and
• to access the medical database to retrieve at least one electronic health record (EHR) based on the encrypted medical identifier
• for enabling forwarding of information from the electronic health record (EHR) to responders to an emergency,
• wherein the method comprises:
• obtaining the encrypted medical identifier of a user of the device;
• and, upon establishing that the user may be a victim of the emergency,
• including the encrypted medical identifier in the emergency message during an emergency call.

Method for use in an emergency entity to be arranged in a mobile network, the mobile network providing wireless communication for mobile devices across at least a regional area according to a network communication protocol,

• the network communication protocol enabling calls between subscribers to the network,
• the calls comprising emergency calls between mobile devices and the emergency entity, an emergency call setup being initiated upon a mobile device performing an emergency action,
• the network being coupled to a medical database comprising respective electronic health records (EHR) regarding respective persons, each person having a respective medical identifier linking the person to the respective electronic health records,
• the mobile device being arranged:
• to obtain an encrypted medical identifier of a user of the device;
• and, upon establishing that the user may be a victim of an emergency,
• to include the encrypted medical identifier in an emergency message during an emergency call.
• wherein the method comprises:
• retrieving the encrypted medical identifier from the emergency message, and
• accessing the medical database to retrieve at least one electronic health record (EHR) based on the encrypted medical identifier
• for enabling forwarding information from the electronic health record (EHR) to responders to the emergency.