Data blindness
The latest scandal to hit the NHS was obscured for years in rows about data. Its legacy should be far better systems to capture patient
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The latest scandal to hit the NHS was obscured for years in rows about data. Its legacy should be far better systems to capture patient
Choose and Book usage is stuck at around 50%. Are there fundamental problems with the electronic booking system?
The launch of NHS Direct in 1997 marked the start of a revolution in the way that the NHS communicates with its users.
Clinical Solutions is helping to lay the foundations for coping with an outbreak of pandemic flu. Sarah Bruce reports.
The race is on to get patient level costing into the NHS, and systems integration projects are being spurred on as a result.

We need a more proactive approach to care to meet growing demand, writes Markus Bolton,
WellTech reframes people as active partners in their care, writes Dr Greg Burch, co-founder of
There are unavoidable tensions on the journey to a technology-enabled NHS, writes Dr Malte Gerhold,

Rachel Hope, director of digital prevention services at NHSE, explains how the NHS App is

Using data to optimise care is the next great horizon, writes Prof Ben Goldacre, director