What is it about?

The operational and electronic integration of emergency healthcare delivered by three agencies : ambulance, GP-based out of hours care, and the hospital emergency department.

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Why is it important?

Taking the patient as the primary focus, it is possible to present an objective data model, operating at multiple levels within the network to describe process efficiency and clinical effectiveness.

Perspectives

Clinicians ought to be involved closely in efforts to ensure that new information systems facilitate and empower effective clinical interactions.

Dr Nicholas Harrop
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This page is a summary of: Links between systems in Accident & Emergency and primary care, Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics, November 2005, BCS Learning and Development Limited,
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v13i3.600.
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