eHealth services

Examples of Clinical Decision Support Systems in Hospital: Automedon/SmartCare–Ventilator Management This CDSS automates and eVects clinical guidelines for venti-lator management in highdependency environments. Knowledge engineering techniques have been applied to elicit and model the clinical guidelines with expert system method-ologies. These are rule based with forward chaining coupled with temporal reasoning. In addition, software engineering […]

Poor communication and coordination of care between primary care and specialty care providers leads to major inefficiencies in health care delivery. In resource-constrained settings, these inefficiencies exacerbate mismatches between the supply and demand for specialist services. The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) developed a Web-based electronic and referral […]

The e-Referral and Consultation program began as a two-year pilot project in 2008 under the name “Bridging General and Specialist Care” (BGSC). BGSC was funded by Health Canada and Manitoba Health and Healthy Living (MHHL) and was developed under the direction of the Manitoba Provincial Director of Patient Access, and by the Manitoba Health Wait […]

The introduction of electronic referrals in Norway started in 1996, when the first standard for an electronic referral was developed. Subsequent implementations of electronic health record (EHR) systems have been tested by a national testing and approval service. Almost all the Norwegian EHR systems comply with the recommended standards, but the volume of electronic referrals […]

ZorgDomein project in Netherland ZorgDomein is a commercial web-based product that includes clinical guidelines and information about the services that are offered. The project started in 1997 and the first implementation was available for use in 2001. The solution supports standardized cooperation between general practitioners and hospitals. Twenty-five percent of the regions, and 2000 general […]

Process of e-Referral services Appointments can be made by phone, online or through the app. And when we talk about the e-referral process, it means that the doctor or the person in charge of the reception located in the level 1 center can make appointments from the level 2 or 3 centers. The Ministry of […]

One of most important feature of e-referral services is provided in public hospitals and medical centers are largely covered by cost insurance. Therefore, it is very important to observe that the valuable resources of specialized and sub-specialized physicians are used in the best way and also these services are provided to people in need and […]

How do referrals work in hospitals? According to the executive mechanism of the e-referral services, Level 1 centers are required to employ family and general practitioners and nursing groups by providing primary prevention and treatment services at home and community, and completing electronic health records, Refer patients to higher levels of treatment if needed. The […]

National Health Service (NHS) & the e-Referral Service in United Kingdom The Choose and Book system gives the patient the opportunity to book an appointment at a hospital or clinic either when the patient is at the general practitioners office or the patient can book and/or change the appointment later. Choose and Book is a […]

The MedCom-Projects in Denmark The first Danish project started in Vejle in Fyn County in 1995 and was based on EDIFACT-messages. Although Denmark started early, electronic referrals have had a slower uptake then most other health messages. 41% of the referrals were sent electronically in 2004, and 63% of the referrals were sent electronically in […]