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)
- St.Olavs hospital, Trondheim, Norway (home page)
- Haukeland University Hospital, bergen, Norway
- Ullevaal Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Outcome
Doculive EPR system implemented at participating hospitals.
Evaluations
The MEDAKIS project has been thoroughly evaluated. See references.
References
- 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)
- 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)