May, Carl R. and Mort, Maggie M. and Mair, Frances S. and Williams, Tracy L. (2001) Factors affecting the adoption of tele-healthcare in the United Kingdom : the policy context and the problem of evidence. Health Informatics Journal, 7 (3-4). pp. 131-134.
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The adoption of telehealthcare in the United Kingdom has been slow and fragmented. This paper presents a structural explanation for this by contrasting contending themes in recent UK health policy. It is argued that the conflict between trends towards modernization and demands for evidence-based practice have made it difficult for a major policy agency to emerge that can sponsor service development, and so proponents of telehealthcare have been forced to situate their work within the domain of R and D. This has led to a fragmented field of practice characterized by short-term and small-scale projects.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Health Informatics Journal |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Telemedicine • telehealthcare • health policy • modernization • evidence-base |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Departments: | Faculty of Health and Medicine > Health Research Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences > Sociology |
| ID Code: | 13565 |
| Deposited By: | Mr Richard Ingham |
| Deposited On: | 25 Sep 2008 09:02 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 15:09 |
| Identification Number: | |
| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/13565 |
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