
Another view: of federation
GP Neil Paul is worried that time is nearly up for general practice as we have known it. It’s time to federate, and that will mean thinking IT.
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GP Neil Paul is worried that time is nearly up for general practice as we have known it. It’s time to federate, and that will mean thinking IT.
The drive for interoperability across the health and social care system must be backed by strong business planning and organisational change to succeed, new guidelines from the BCS say.
The South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust will roll out mobile access to the NHS Summary Care Record for ambulance crews within three months, as part of the implementation of its Ortivus electronic patient record system.
A pan-London information exchange is being developed to connect local data-sharing projects and establish common standards, as part of a citywide interoperability programme.
Policy makers have worked out that integrated care will need integrated IT. But Ewan Davis doubts they understand how to achieve that – and suggests they should look to Moscow for ideas.
The language of systems integration has shifted from interoperability to ‘paperless’ working and ‘integrated’ care. Does this obscure more than it reveals? Daloni Carlisle reports.