Article ID: CBB629384019

The Experimental Computer Programme: The First Computing Initiative for the National Health Service in England (2017)

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The Experimental Computer Programme (1967-1979) was the first central government intervention for hospital computing in the English National Health Service. Influenced by developments in the United States, the UK Department of Health envisioned integrated medical and management information systems, operating in real time. The approach to implementation was experimental and piecemeal. The program was overambitious for the computer technology available, but social, economic, and political barriers were equally significant. Despite positioning as a research program, evaluation was poorly managed. Although the program was judged to be a failure at the time, some projects were partially successful. The history of the program remains relevant to the question of how governments might best support hospital computing initiatives in relatively centralized, publicly funded health systems.

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Authors & Contributors
Begley, Philip
Fitsanakis, Joseph
Davies, Stephen M.
Welch, Ellen
Michael Calnan
Moa Carlsson
Concepts
Public health
Health care
History of Computing
Technology and government
Medicine and government
Data Processing
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
Places
Great Britain
United States
Wales
Bristol (England)
Manchester (England)
Russia
Institutions
National Health Service (Great Britain)
Control Data Corporation
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
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