The EPR is a digital collection of documents relating to a patient's health. These documents contain information relevant to the treatment, such as a discharge report, a care report, wound documentation or an overview of the medications currently prescribed. Patients can also upload their own health information to their EPR, such as their living will. 

Health professionals can upload treatment-relevant documents to their patients’ EPR at any time, and patients always decide who can view which documents in their EPR and when. This means that patients and authorised health professionals can access health data stored in the EPR at any time via a secure internet connection. In case of an emergency, health professionals can also view the documents in the EPR without authorisation.