Carrots, sticks and the NPfIT
9 September 2004
E-Health Insider talks to the National Programme for IT’s chief operations officer, Gordon Hextall about progress on Choose and Book and what the programme really
Opinion
The impact of the new National Care Record Service (NCRS) on primary care.
2 September 2004
Kingsley Manning, Chief Executive of Newchurch Limited, discusses far-reaching effects that the National Care Record Service will have on primary care.
The productivity guessing game
26 August 2004
Introducing new IT systems should improve productivity – but how will the NHS know? Healthcare commentator, Roy Lilley, doubts whether current efforts to measure improvements
Getting ready for the leap forward
19 August 2004
With the National Programme for IT now geared up for delivery, Paul Charnley, regional implementation director for the North West and West Midlands cluster, spoke
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13 August 2004
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Time to rethink how we evaluate digital technologies in healthcare
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Upheaval at the centre is a distraction which could worsen shortages of digital expertise on
We need to focus on value – and optimise our existing technology
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New technology can bring immediate efficiencies but after a few years “the picture changes”, writes
