Tim Kelsey’s challenge to the NHS to deliver paper-free referrals by 2015 has been sanctioned by Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt’s announcement that the NHS will be paperless by 2018. Recently, HIMSS Analytics has introduced the first Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model for Europe, which tracks an organisation’s progress to a fully electronic patient record. Steve Rudland, Healthcare Industry Manager at Hyland Software UK, discusses how hospitals can measure their progress towards paper-free patient care and the benefits that can be achieved.

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