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Over recent years, in various countries, many attempts have been made to develop electronic patient record systems for use in acute hospitals. Although the investment in such schemes has been high, evidence from the international literature appears to indicate that they have tended to be less than wholly successful. Expectations have not been met, and their introduction has typically been accompanied by varying degrees of disaffection on the part of certain key players. Whittome (1993), for example, states: “Despite significant technological advances over the past few years, manual paper-intensive systems have remained basically unchanged. Computer systems are fragmented and require multiple data entry points.” Young (1994) agrees: “Over the years many different computer-based medical-record systems have been developed. Few, if any, have had more than temporary success.”
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Fortune, J., Peters, G., Stewart, R., Dodd, B. (1995). Why Electronic Patient Record Systems in Hospitals Can Go Wrong. In: Ellis, K., Gregory, A., Mears-Young, B.R., Ragsdell, G. (eds) Critical Issues in Systems Theory and Practice. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9883-8_94
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