Table 2 IT-systems for communication about medications at hospital discharge used by HCPs in regional and municipality healthcare in this study
IT-system (software name) | Accessibility regional HCPs | Accessibility municipal HCPs | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
Regional EHR (Cosmic) | Full accessα | Read-only accessβ (through the national EHR) | A shared EHR is used between the hospital and primary healthcare centres in Region A and Region B |
Municipal EHR (N/Aδ) | No accessβ | Full access | Municipal HCPs only have full access to their own EHR |
National EHR (National patient overview) | Read-only access | Read-only access | An external national system to access patient information regardless of healthcare organisation. Information from the two regional EHRs is automatically transferred to the system. Information from the municipal EHRs is not transferred |
Electronic communication system (Cosmic-Link & Prator) | Full access | Full access | An electronic communication system for HCPs belonging to different healthcare organisations, enabling them to collaborate and plan patient care |
Multidose drug dispensing prescription (Pascal) | Full access | Full access | A national system for physicians to prescribe medications in cases where a patient has multidose drug dispensing. The medication information in this system is not automatically synchronised with the local EHR |