Letters
Shared electronic records
What have we really learnt?
BMJ 2008; 337 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.a2595 (Published 19 November 2008) Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a2595
- Michael Tremblay, health technology and innovation policy adviser1
- 1Brabourne Lees, Ashford, Kent TN25 6RJ
- mike{at}tremblay-consulting.biz
Greenhalgh and colleagues see the shared electronic record as having to respond to existing ways of working and established practices, not the other way round.1 My take is this:
Powerful forces in established ways of working in the NHS are hostile to technological changes that threaten established and possibly dysfunctional and wasteful practices. As a taxpayer, this is not acceptable, …
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