The MEDAKIS project

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Background and aim

Funding

Mainly funded by the Norwegian government and the participating hospitals.

Duration

1997-2001

Vendor of system

Participating hospital(s)

The 5 largest hospitals in Norway (4 of which are university / teaching hospitals)

  • St.Olavs hospital, Trondheim, Norway (home page)
  • Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway (home page)
  • Ullevaal Hospital, Oslo, Norway
  • Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
  • University hospital of Northern Norway. (home page (Norwegian))

Outcome

Doculive EPR system implemented at participating hospitals. In 2005 University hospital of Northern Norway changed from Doculive EPR system to DIPS EHR system. As of 2006 Haukeland

Evaluations

The MEDAKIS project has been thoroughly evaluated. See references.

References

  1. Ellingsen G, Monteiro E. Big is beautiful: electronic patient records in large Norwegian hospitals 1980s-2001 Methods Inf Med. 2003;42(4):366-70 (PDF)
  2. Laerum H, Ellingsen G, Faxvaag A. Doctors' use of electronic medical records systems in hospitals: cross sectional survey. BMJ. 2001 Dec 8;323(7325):1344-8 (Full text in BMJ)
  3. Gunnar Ellingsen and Eric Monteiro. A patchwork planet. Integration and cooperation in hospitals, Computer supported coopertive work: the journal, 12(1): 71 – 95, 2003 (PDF)
  4. Eric Monteiro. Integrating health information systems, Methods of Information in Medicine: a critical perspective, 42/4:428 - 432, 2003 (PDF)