title: Computerizing a health service: the potential barriers to success.
abstract: Any project to computerise the complex health services will take time and be beset with problems. However, some of these problems arise from barriers which could have been anticipated. There are genuine benefits of supporting the delivery of clinical care with technology, but unless these potential barriers are appreciated and understood, the well intentioned objectives will never be realised. This article describes how the National Health Service in England is approaching such a complex subject. It also describes what could prevent it from happening and suggests a strategy for overcoming them.
authors: Clinical Matrix Limited.
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