Word: denmark
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...Denmark has several inherent advantages that have aided in the early adoption of electronic health records, according to Kenneth Ahrensberg of SDSD, the Danish government body responsible for the development of electronic health records. It is a small country (population: 5 million) with an IT-savvy citizenry. Trust in the federal government is high. Most helpfully, the country's healthcare is run by the public sector. When the country's health service established a National Patient Registry in 1977 - a system that required doctors to file patient visit details to the government health service in order to be reimbursed...
...with manual filing systems) and improve outcomes (by reducing medical errors). President Obama recently pledged $19 billion to computerize America's medical records by 2014. But while health economists and campaigners in America debate what such a brave new paperless world will look like, the small Scandinavian country of Denmark has already made the transition, and is happy to tell the world about it. (Read "The Year in Medicine 2008: From...
...Denmark has a centralized computer database to which 98% of primary care physicians, all hospital physicians and all pharmacists now have access. Danish residents can gain access to their own records through a secure website. The website alerts the patient by email if a doctor, pharmacist or nurse views their records, and allows patients to make appointments, set end-of-life wishes, and even email their doctor for advice on illnesses that do not require an office visit. While basic records go back to 1977, a detailed history is available of all "patient contacts" since...
...These systems and others in Denmark are attracting attention from healthcare reform advocates in the United States. A recent study by the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund rated the country's healthcare IT systems as the most efficient in the world, with computerized record keeping saving Danish physicians an average 50 minutes a day of administrative work. "That's essential for our doctors," says Jeff Harris of the American College of Physicians, who points out that U.S. family physicians have the highest administration costs in the developed world and "are already under strain from all the paperwork required to run an office...
...Indian government has accused Prabhakaran of ordering the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991. "It is more likely that Prabhakaran will get his children out of Sri Lanka to provide inspirational support in the future. The entire family of [Prabhakaran's wife] Madhivadini is in Denmark, and the children will have strong contact with them...