KLAS report highlights challenges for medical information exchange in UK

PARCA eNews – May 28, 2018 – KLAS the healthcare IT research organization has issued its report on interoperability, data sharing obstacles and progress of the National Health Service (NHS) of the United Kingdom. 

The report looks at the progress made and the remaining challenges in the NHS’s Five-Year Forward program aimed at improving medical information exchange across the NHS. The report examines how well primary, secondary, mental health, community and social care organizations within the NHS are able to receive patient data with regard to electronic data sharing.

Specifically the report details for KLAS members:

1. Interoperability within the NHS
2. Interoperable methods and data being accessed
3. Local dare records facilitated by HIEs 
4. EMIS health making interoperability progress
5. Secondary care suppliers

For the full report KLAS subscribers need to log-in, non-subscribers of KLAS reports need to create and account.