[medinformatics] BMJ: U.S. and U.K. Health Systems Should Talk

[Medical Informatics News]

Learning from other healthcare systems is not straightforward, but all systems face the same
fundamental problems of quality, safety, access, usability, availability, and affordability—and all perform
suboptimally. That is the conclusion of an article in the current issue of BMJ. The*authors examined
the pros and cons of both the United States’ and the U.K.’s health systems. According to the article, the U.S. can
learn a thing or two from the U.K.’s*Nation Health Services information technology efforts. The U.K. could take
some cues from our Institute of Medicine, say the authors.

The full text article is available
here.



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