Implementation and adoption of nationwide electronic health records in secondary care in England: qualitative analysis of interim results from a prospective national evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe and evaluate the implementation and adoption of detailed electronic health records in secondary care in England and thereby provide early feedback for the ongoing local and national rollout of the NHS Care Records Service.

Design

A mixed methods, longitudinal, multisite, socio-technical case study.

Setting

Five NHS acute hospital and mental health trusts that have been the focus of early implementation efforts and at which interim data collection and analysis are complete. Data sources and analysis Dataset for the evaluation consists of semi-structured interviews, documents and field notes, observations, and quantitative data. Qualitative data were analysed thematically with a socio-technical coding matrix, combined with additional themes that e

SUBMITTER: Robertson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2933355 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature