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Chapter 8 - The Integration Agenda

Getting Everything Joined Up

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2023

By
Rob Waller  and
James Reed
Edited by
Rob Waller ,
Omer S. Moghraby  and
Mark Lovell
Rob Waller
Affiliation:
NHS Lothian
Omer S. Moghraby
Affiliation:
South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Mark Lovell
Affiliation:
Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
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Summary

Well-connected systems that safely and ethically share information have a lot of potential to improve care and safety. Due to systems having developed organically and over long periods of time, the reality today is more piecemeal. There are several current initiatives to develop and improve the situation; the main barriers are often managerial or ethical rather than technical. Increasingly, the focus is on moving data out of big silos like hospitals to places where it can be accessed (when appropriate) by others.

Keywords

DataInteroperabilityConnectedSharingConsentAppsIntegration
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Chapter
Information
Digital Mental Health
From Theory to Practice
 , pp. 98 - 107
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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