title: National programmes. State of the nations.
abstract: Besides some centralised procurement, Scotland's IT programme is being implemented on a bottom-up basis. Wales has adopted a less rigid approach than England, encouraging stakeholder involvement. Northern Ireland's programme is more centralised, with all its hospital IT systems in two service centres.
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mathieson
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020407:Internet; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009660:Northern Ireland; D012606:Scotland; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018511:Systems Integration; D006113:United Kingdom; D014852:Wales