Submitted by drbowen on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 16:58
BMJ 2000;321:976 ( 21 October )
Editorials
Medical software's free future
Open collaboration over the internet is changing development methods
The government in the United Kingdom spent £7.1bn ($9.9bn) on information systems in 1998-9, of which £1bn was in health care. Yet information systems are difficult to commission, purchase, and evaluate, and the results not always good.1