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Originally Posted by Carth
I thought computers were going to streamline everything, and make the NHS faster and more efficient.
I guess nobody factored in the cost of new and 'improved' systems every year
. . . and then there's a TV at every bedside, many of which don't get used.
Sometimes I swear the world is going backwards in the name of progress  |
TBF It's likely a nightmare to build a proper, built for purpose, IT system for the entire NHS. Which isn't helped by the 'everything must be done on the cheap' tender process. We really need a NHS-wide patient database that follows us everywhere.
There is also talk of mass collecting all these records, making them anonymous, and using all the data to better inform diagnoses and treatment procedures. The NHS is uniquely positioned to do this as well. No other country, at least anywhere near our size, does their medical system this way but given the leaps we might make with large data sets we could really benefit from it.