Electronic health records may not be available in secondary care until 2015

The prediction will provide ammunition to critics calling for changes to the six year old project’s management, and the way it obtains patients’ consent for data to be shared.

Electronic health records may not be available in secondary care until 2015 — Cross 336 (7654): 1153 — BMJ

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Institute of Health Record and Information Management

“Timely, accurate Health Record information has always been important, and the move towards Electronic Health Records means that it is even more important to have standards in place, maintained by professionally qualified staff. IHRIM is recognised as the Authority in this specialised field and the educational role IHRIM plays in the field of Healthcare Information is second to none.”

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WHO/Europe – Highlights on health, United Kingdom 2004

This section is based on publications of the European Observatory on Health Care Systems and Policies

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Four-year delay for patient records

“An electronic system for patients’ records will not be introduced to every NHS Trust in England until 2014/15 – four years later than planned”