EMR
Clinical Data Sets
A clinical data set is an operational standard which is a list of well defined variables which are relevant to some or other clinical activity. The information must be unambiguous and should not contradict existing standards, so for example date of birth is recorded in a standard manner already established in the NHS data dictionary.
Information Technology (IT) and value for money
The preceding sections of this document provide an implicit reminder of the extent to which ophthalmology is already dependent on IT. Much of the equipment used in modern diagnostic and surgical procedures is controlled by sophisticated computer software. Digital archiving has almost completely displaced the use of film and paper for the acquisition, storage and viewing of