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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" border="0"><tr><td nowrap="undefined"><p></p></td><td valign="bottom" nowrap="bottom" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td class="textblue12" colspan="2"><img src="http://www.ihealthbeat.org/images/spacer.gif" border="0" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.src);" alt="" style="CURSOR: pointer" onload="javascript:if(this.width>screen.width-500)this.style.width=screen.width-500;" /> <span class="textblack14">NHS EHR System Two Years Behind Schedule</span><br /><img src="http://www.ihealthbeat.org/images/spacer.gif" border="0" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.src);" alt="" style="CURSOR: pointer" onload="javascript:if(this.width>screen.width-500)this.style.width=screen.width-500;" /><br />May 30, 2006<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="textblack12" colspan="2"><img src="http://www.ihealthbeat.org/content/graphics/globeonscreen.jpg" border="0" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.src);" alt="" style="CURSOR: pointer" onload="javascript:if(this.width>screen.width-500)this.style.width=screen.width-500;" /> Plans to provide every National Health Service patient in England with an electronic health record are running at least two years behind schedule, according to Health Minister Lord Warner, who oversees the project, the <a href="http://news.ft.com/cms/s/b67129e2-ef78-11da-b435-0000779e2340.html" target="_blank">Financial Times</a> reports.<br /><br />The electronic care record system might not be implemented until early 2008 partly because of delays in providing the software, which is being created by iSoft and other companies. Also contributing to the delays is a "fierce and unresolved dispute" within the medical profession over what should be included in the national medical record and how patients' data should be added, according to the Financial Times.<br /><br />The widely quoted cost of $11.6 billion for the program covers only national contracts for the systems' basic infrastructure and software applications, Warner said. The full cost of the program including staff training, purchasing computers and upgrading and assimilating existing systems will likely be close to $37.5 billion, he said (Timmins, Financial Times, 5/30).<br /><br />A survey for a BBC Radio program found that 85% of physicians supported the idea of an independent review of the NHS computer system program, <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5028762.stm" target="_blank">BBC News</a> reports.<br /><br />The survey, which was conducted by research firm Medix, follows a call for a review of the project last month by more than 20 leading computer science academies that are concerned that the system will not be able to meet the demands of the NHS.<br /><br />Dr. Simon Eccles of Connecting for Health, which oversees the IT project, said his organization would welcome an independent assessment. "[W]e are already under enormous scrutiny, political, financial and otherwise," Eccles said. "We would be happy with further scrutiny, providing we don't delay the project further while answering yet more questions to explain why the project is delayed."<br /><br />The National Audit Office has been investigating the NHS computer project and expects in the next few weeks to release their report (BBC News, 5/30). <img src="http://www.ihealthbeat.org/images/spacer.gif" border="0" onclick="javascript:window.open(this.src);" alt="" style="CURSOR: pointer" onload="javascript:if(this.width>screen.width-500)this.style.width=screen.width-500;" /><br /></td></tr></table> |
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发表于 2006-5-31 01:30:39