Barriers integrating dedicated software for quality management in pain centres.

Objectives: Explore the feasibility of integrating a dedicated pain centre information system as part of a quality management network with a number of different Hospital Information Systems.

Material & Methods: A systematic approach integrating and implementing the system in 15 selected hospital organisations (a nationwide 15% non-random sample).

Results: Hospitals have widely varying policies on integration and implementation of additional clinically required 3rd party software.