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03 August 2010 ,
Written by Dhruv Tanwar
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Singapore's Ministry of Health has awarded Accenture a contract to implement the National Electronic Health Record (NEHR) system, a key enabler of Singapore’s vision toward a national, integrated health care system. The NEHR is designed to improve the quality of health care for citizens, lower the costs of health services, and promote more effective health policies.
Under the NEHR, important medical information such as patient demographics, allergies, clinical diagnoses, medication history, radiology reports, laboratory investigations and discharge summaries will be exchangeable among health care providers. Patients also may benefit from proper, right-sited disease management and cost savings, as duplicate or unnecessary tests are eliminated and medication errors are reduced.
The initial system release is scheduled for April 2011, which puts Singapore on track for being one of the first countries in the world to implement a national electronic health record system. Accenture's team includes Oracle, Orion Health, Initiate Systems, Inc., and Hewlett-Packard, the company said in a statement. |