Impact of Health Information Technology on Quality, Efficiency, and Costs of Medical Care
Approximately 25% of the studies were from 4 academic institutions that implemented internally developed systems; only 9 studies evaluated multifunctional, commercially developed systems. Three major benefits on quality were demonstrated: increased adherence to guideline-based care, enhanced surveillance and monitoring, and decreased medication errors. The primary domain of improvement was preventive health. The major efficiency benefit shown was decreased utilization of care. Data on another efficiency measure, time utilization, were mixed. Empirical cost data were limited.

Anatomy of a £15bn gamble -- The new NHS computer system could be the biggest IT disaster in history
The government envisaged a new NHS computer system designed from the top down to hold the records of 50 million patients on one huge database.It is the largest civilian computer project in the world, designed to transform the NHS into a beacon of electronic wizardry. But could it instead become the mother of all IT disasters while the country’s hospitals remain desperate for cash?

Biomedical Informatics Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine -- Third Edition in Final Stages
Announcing the coming publication of the new edition of Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine, edited by Edward H. Shortliffe and James J. Cimino. This third edition is now in production for publication by Springer in May 2006. It is available for pre-order at Amazon.com.