Can technology improve patient safety? The advantage of technology is that it obeys instructions and behaves consistently.
Since 2000, following a report by the chief medical officer, An organisation with memory, a safer NHS has been a key priority. More recently, the Sign up to safety campaign is the latest iteration of the continual aspiration to make the NHS a high reliability organisation, one that succeeds in avoiding incidents in a high risk environment. Jeremy Hunt has stated that he aims to reduce avoidable deaths by 6,000 over three years.
In an era where people can manage every aspect of their life from a device little bigger than a credit card, can technology help us achieve those aims? Continue reading... The Guardian
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