@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2021.0768, TITLE={The implementation of electronic medical records in the UK. An organizational innovation to support new behavior in the production and consumption of healthcare: An example for France?}, AUTHOR={Didier Castiel, }, JOURNAL={Technology and Innovation}, VOLUME={7}, NUMBER={Issue 1}, YEAR={2022}, URL={https://openscience.fr/The-implementation-of-electronic-medical-records-in-the-UK-An-organizational}, DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2021.0768}, ISSN={2399-8571}, ABSTRACT={This article describes and evaluates the implementation and adoption of detailed electronic medical records in healthcare in the UK, thereby providing early feedback for the ongoing local and national rollout of the NHS Care Records Service. Electronic medical record applications are being developed and implemented far more slowly than was originally envisioned. Despite considerable delays and frustration, support for electronic medical records remains strong, including from NHS clinicians. Political and financial factors are now perceived to threaten nationwide implementation of electronic medical records. The more tailored, responsive approach that is emerging is becoming better aligned with the perceived needs of NHS organisations and is likely to deliver clinically useful electronic medical record systems. The French electronic medical record system has come up against similar challenges: it is difficult to implement, with 10 years to archive and it is only a digital health record, which is to say it is far from matching the scale of its British counterpart.}}