Medical records
Information-sharing lessons from the
Victoria Climbié case
Andrew Meiner of Cambio Healthcare
Systems discusses the importance of interoperability and information
sharing in providing complete care across the healthcare
landscape.
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Developing a pan-European health web
A research consortium is seeking to chart a road map for ehealth
interoperability that would eventually hook up the health
information systems of EU member states in a seamless web. November
2007.
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Digitising the clinical paper trail: a clinician's tale
Dr Sebastian Zeki recounts his formative experiences of
information management in the NHS that led to his involvement in the
development of an online solution for preparing hospital clinic
letters. The solution reduced the waiting time for letters from several weeks to one
hour. November 2007. read more
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A pilot study of patient-generated electronic medical histories
in primary care
Tess Lomax, Mark Cullen and Rupert Jones report on a
trial of an interactive software program, Instant Medical History,
that is designed to help patients prepare their own medical history
of a new condition prior to consultation with a GP. October 2007.
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Electronic records drive changes in Scotland's cleft services
How the introduction of an electronic patient
records (EPR) system at Scotland’s National Managed Clinical Network
for Cleft Lip and Palate has brought multiple benefits for
clinicians, staff and patients.
October 2007. read more ...
Innovation through partnerships: the Addenbrooke’s eMR story
This article by Dianne Nixon, IT Programme Manager at
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, illustrates how a partnership between an NHS
organisation and commercial ICT-solutions providers can make a real
difference to patient care.
abstract
An electronic medical record system, eMR, has been
developed by the ICT department of Cambridge-based Addenbrooke’s
Hospital in collaboration with OITUK and other smaller commercial
solutions providers working with the Hospital’s clinicians. Using
electronic document management as the underlying technology and the
Trust’s intranet, users can access a wealth of information, all of
which is patient centred. eMR now has over 3,000 registered users
from 74 departments creating documents from over 3,000 templates,
making more than 2.5m documents available, as well as the huge
archive of scanned medical records and diagnostic results, from any
of the Trust’s 4,500 PCs.
Br J Healthcare Comput Info Manage 2007; 24(4): 11–13.
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