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¶ … Spri Study was a study conducted by the Swedish Institute for Health Services Department. The Spri Study's official name was "Computerized Information Related to the Health Care Sector," and, as its name suggest, it was a study of the computerized health records of Swedish citizens. The study had two primary purposes or objectives. The first objective was to develop, "a comprehensive list of requirements that should apply for all health documentation systems in health care, which meant requirements for the functionality of the patient record, and also requirements for the CPR to include support for follow-up performance, costs, and quality of care" (Ball et al., 2004). The second purpose was to develop the "unified requirements for the supporting surrounding routines that are needed" (Ball et al., 2004). Moreover, the Study was focused on user requirements, so that those using the healthcare record systems would have access to better-developed systems.
The study took place between 1995-1999. It involved a comprehensive survey of all...
Those results were then broken down into four different areas: somatic care, primary care, psychiatric care, and all care (Ball et al., 2004). Those results were then divided into subgroups specific to the computer systems. After this basic information gathering, the Study held a series of seminars aimed at refining the requirements to be fulfilled before the new system was implemented (Ball et al., 2004). The Spri Study reached several key conclusions. One conclusion was based upon the idea of computerized records as an important health tool, not simply a means of storing patient information. The idea was that these computerized records would allow each provider access to an overview of patient health. Another conclusion was that the current healthcare system was failing to meet quality goals. Although the Study participants could not agree on what indicators should be used to define quality of care, they did determine that "quality indicators in health care…
References
Ball, M.J., Weaver, C.A., & Kiel, J.M. (2004). Healthcare information management systems:
Cases, strategies, and solutions. New York: Springer.
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