In the beginning of October 2007, a letter was
sent to the chief physicians of these 18 northern
Portuguese hospitals suggesting the inclusion of
the hyperlink. If there was no response within
2 weeks, clinical administration boards were reminded
by telephone. Thirteen centres forwarded
this announcement to the respective computer
departments, and only one hospital forwarded it
to the pharmaceutical department. Five of the
centres failed to respond by the end of 2010. After
approval by the hospital board and after being
forwarded to the respective departments, UFN
made a third contact to explain technical specifications
and to send the specific hyperlink for each
hospital.