The implementation of the National Health Service's Care Record Service (NHS CRS) is the
most ambitious information technology innovation ever undertaken in healthcare. This …

Objectives: Today's socio-economic developments in the healthcare area require continued
optimization of processes and cost structures at hospitals, often associated with process …

This paper addresses key barriers to implementing a clinical information system (CIS) in a
Hong Kong nursing home setting, from a healthcare specific socio-technical perspective …

Teleconsultations in medicine are encouraged by authorities and decision-makers to
improve access to specialty services for isolated patients. For elderly patients in geriatric …

Purpose This paper aims to explore how older people in developed and developing
countries are affected by the grey digital divide. It argues country type and culture influence …

Background: Nurses in primary healthcare record data for the monitoring and evaluation of
diseases and services. Information and communications technology (ICT) can improve …

Institutional ethnography (IE) is used to examine transformations in a professional nurse's
work associated with her engagement with a hospital's electronic health record (EHR) which …

Background The major problem facing health and social care systems globally today is the
growing challenge of an elderly population with complex health and social care needs. A …

Summary eHealth is expected to contribute in tackling challenges for health care systems.
However, it also imposes challenges. Financing strategies adopted at national as well …

Introduction Increasing investment in eHealth aims to improve cost effectiveness and safety
of care. Data extraction and aggregation can create new data products to improve …