Special report: maternity systems
Many hospitals run their maternity services without a specialist maternity system â or any IT at all. Why is this, asks Daloni Carlisle.
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Many hospitals run their maternity services without a specialist maternity system â or any IT at all. Why is this, asks Daloni Carlisle.
The NHS Commissioning Boardâs director of patients and information argues that digital is the biggest single answer to the productivity, quality and efficiency challenges faced
There is lots of interest in digital systems for reporting on and analysis of radiation dosage, but a long way to go to get them
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has outlined ambitious plans for a paperless NHS by 2018, linked to the imperative to deliver efficiency savings. Lyn Whitfield heard
Joe McDonald has been flying easyJet and thinks itâs time that the NHS adopted for some easyThinking. He can even say what an easyMood service

The technology to address delayed discharge must be used in a coordinated, system-wide way, write
If TEC is to deliver on its promise, practitioners need to trust its insights, writes
Estonia demonstrates that digital transformation is less about tech and more about trust, writes Tammy

NHS digital investment is being held back not by lack of urgency but by weak

Digital care technologies risk deepening inequalities and increasing pressure on unpaid carers, writes Dr Ekaterina