£12bn NHS IT system creates hundreds of 不確かの 記録，記録的な／記録するs every day

By JENNY HOPE

Last updated at 00:01 08 May 2007


The 議論の的になる new NHS computer programme is churning out hundreds of 不確かの 患者 記録，記録的な／記録するs 予定 to a fault in the system.

The problem 影響する／感情s 患者s in Greater Manchester who have hospital 任命s 調書をとる／予約するd 経由で the online system.

NHS Connecting for Health, the 機関 監督するing the £12.4 billion 精密検査する of the 患者 記録，記録的な／記録するs system, 強調する／ストレスd the fault would have no 衝撃 on 患者 care.

But a 報告（する）／憶測 in Computer 週刊誌 magazine 明らかにする／漏らすs there have been 200 "major 出来事/事件s" over a four-month period in hospitals where the system has "gone live".

The 最新の problem arose after a computer ソフトウェア 昇格 任命する／導入するd last month started to produce 400 incorrect duplicates of 患者 記録，記録的な／記録するs every day.

The fault means the computer automatically creates a new blank 患者 記録，記録的な／記録する without checking if one already 存在するs.

As a result doctors could see 患者s with the wrong （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） and a team has been 始める，決める up to 確実にする that important 患者 data is not lost, によれば 内部の 文書s.

A 広報担当者 for NHS Connecting for Health said the problem was 推定する／予想するd to be 直す／買収する，八百長をするd in the next few weeks.

He said "Although 包括的な 実験（する）ing is undertaken 事前の to the 昇格s taking place, it is not unusual for these 肉親，親類d of 昇格s to identify teething problems in the 早期に 行う／開催する／段階s に引き続いて 実施.

"We 見積（る） that around 400 duplicate 患者 記録，記録的な／記録するs might have been created each day.

"However, the system is 存在 continually 監視するd throughout each day and where a duplicate is identified data is 存在 合併するd to form one 選び出す／独身 記録，記録的な／記録する for each 患者.

"事前の to the 使用／適用 of the 永久の 直す／買収する，八百長をする, an 暫定的な 解答 has been put in place to identify the duplicate 記録，記録的な／記録するs and 訂正する them.

"This has now been put in place with the 十分な 協定 of those organisations 影響する／感情d and will have 極小の 衝撃 on the 使用者s of the system and no 衝撃 on the 配達／演説／出産 of patien t care."

The University Hospital of South Manchester 創立／基礎 信用 and NHS 臨床の 査定／評価 Centres in Greater Manchester are の中で those 影響する／感情d.

The 政府's 国家の Programme for IT in the NHS is years behind schedule and has been branded a expensive 失敗 by critics, who believe costs could 結局 最高の，を越す £20 billion.

Doctors and 患者s have both 表明するd 恐れるs over 可能性のある 違反s in the confidentiality of 患者 記録，記録的な／記録するs.

Last year, 23 著名な scientists raised major 関心s about Connecting for Health, which is designed to link more than 30,000 GPs to nearly 300 hospitals over a 10-year period and is massively over 予算.

Computers 衝突，墜落d at 80 NHS 信用s using the system although they were quickly 回復するd.

The new service 含むs an online 調書をとる／予約するing system, a centralised 医療の 記録，記録的な／記録するs system for 50 million 患者s, e-prescriptions and 急速な／放蕩な computer 網状組織 links between NHS 団体／死体s.

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