title: The information management and technology strategy for the National Health Service in England: an approach worth watching.
abstract: This paper is an analysis of England's National Health Service (NHS) Information and Management (IM&T) strategy as a result of a March-June 1994 on-site study, which included an extensive review of the literature as well as over 60 interviews with general practitioners, senior executives in acute care hospitals and community care units, representatives of District and Family Health Services Authorities (FHSA), and senior executives from the Information Management Group of the NHS Management Executive. The observations are those of an outsider who was initially skeptical but finished quite impressed with the level of national commitment being made to the use of information technology to support the radical health care reforms the country is experiencing.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Canada.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Protti
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000592:standards; D003219:Confidentiality; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004739:England; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006291:Health Policy; D007256:Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D018511:Systems Integration