title: Computerized health service information: is it used?
abstract: The National Health Service is renowned for its underuse of computerized data. One reason is that the data held are considered to be inaccurate. Another reason is that clinicians and administrators may feel threatened and at risk if their performance is shown to be worse than that of others. Changes in political and professional attitudes, medical audit and technological advances are revolutionizing the use of computerized data.
authors.affiliation: United Medical School of Guy's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weddell
mesh_terms: D001292:Attitude to Computers; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D008485:Medical Audit; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000592:standards; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom; D014584:User-Computer Interface