Wednesday 2 April 2014

Why technology is no longer a barrier in the NHS

Why technology is no longer a barrier in the NHS IT has had a difficult past in the health service, but using it to increase efficiency remains a priority

The relationship between IT and the NHS has often been one fraught with misunderstanding and disaster.Take the infamous IT programme, Connecting for Health, as an example; it aimed to make accurate patient records available to NHS staff at all times but was abandoned in 2013 after costing the taxpayer nearly £10bn. Successful IT is built around patient care, not technology, and if you get this right, clinicians will be demanding it, not resisting it. The Guardian

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