Just using electronic records to replicate health tests could save the healthcare industry $2bn per year, he said. A giant consortium is being set up to exploit the burgeoning US market for electronic health records.
The work of the board will enable wider consultation and input into the way the NHS Care Records Service is being developed. For example, an action team may be required to address and define the care processes involved in electronic prescribing, he...
BT was awarded the full 10-year, £996m patient record system contract last December by the Department of Health as part of the £6bn NHS National Programme for IT and is the lead local service provider is responsible for providing the...
Electronic patient records are the first thing Western European healthcare providers will be spending their IT budgets on in the next four to five years, according to market researcher IDC. Healthcare Sector, 2004-2008, Electronic Patient Records...
At the core of the project is the NHS Care Records Service, which is designed to replace local NHS computer systems with more integrated packages and make parts of a patient's clinical record available electronically throughout England.
The analyst group Datamonitor predicts this move could lead to more doctors adopting healthcare applications such as electronic health records and clinical decision support systems. Christine Chang, Datamonitor healthcare technology analyst, said...