Designing and implementing E-health Applications in the UK's National Health Service
| Autor: | D. Jane Bower, Margaret Reid, Nessa Barry, John Norrie |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Telemedicine Health (social science) Pilot Projects Audit Library and Information Sciences computer.software_genre Health informatics State Medicine Videoconferencing Nursing Intensive care medicine Humans Service (business) Internet business.industry Communication Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health United Kingdom Scotland Management system business computer Medical Informatics |
| Zdroj: | Journal of health communication. 10(8) |
| ISSN: | 1081-0730 |
| Popis: | Telemedicine/e-health applications have the potential to play an important role in Britain's National Health Service (NHS), including the NHS in Scotland. The Scottish Telemedicine Action Forum (STAF) was established by the Scottish Executive Department of Health in 1999 to take a range of applications, targeted on national priorities, into routine service. In the process it has provided insights into how advanced information and communication technologies (ICTs) can be moved from the research stage into routine service. In this article four of the projects are described and analysed focusing on the key issues that have emerged as critical for carrying projects successfully through to implementation in service as follows: 1. A multisite videoconferencing network linking 15 minor injury units to the main accident and emergency (A&E) centre. 2. A single-site neonatal intensive care "cotside" laptop system to assist communication between parents and clinical staff. 3. A single-site outpatient chronic disease management system. 4. A multisite software audit tool to support the care of cleft lip and palate patients from birth onward. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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