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W Dodd

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PubMed1995

An electronic patient record project in the United Kingdom: can it succeed?

The Department of Health in the United Kingdom has set up a three-year research and development project to develop an electronic patient record (EPR). It will be working with clinicians, managers, vendors, and possibly academic informaticians to build two working demonstrators in acute hospitals. Because so many similar projects have failed to meet expectations, a study was commissioned from the Open University in the UK to use the Systems Failures Method, which had been developed in the University to identify factors critical to the successful implementation of an electronic patient record system in acute hospitals. This paper outlines the Electronic Patient Record Project and summarizes the study and its findings.

Medical Records Systems, Computerized↗
PubMed1984

Do interpreters affect consultations?

Mass migration leads to problems with language and cultural integration and has significant medical implications. The effect of interpreters on the diagnosis of mental diseases and ill-defined conditions was investigated in the primary care department of the Riyadh Al Kharj Hospital Programme, Saudi Arabia. Two groups of general practitioners working in the same health centre with the same patients were compared--10 Arabic-speaking and 10 non-Arabic-speaking. No differences in diagnosis were found that could be attributed to the use of interpreters, although there was a significant difference between experienced and less experienced doctors. The reasons for this finding are discussed, along with suggestions for the organization of an interpreting service.

Diagnosis, Differential↗
PubMed1968

Gas cysts of colon.

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Colonic Diseases↗