Hospitals need to get to grips with IT – Nuffield report
NHS hospital boards need to get to grips with the potential benefits and pitfalls of implementing information technology, a new report from the Nuffield Trust urges.
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NHS IT needs £8 billion – McKinsey
Exclusive: The NHS needs to spend an additional £7.2 billion to £8.3 billion on digital technology over the next five years in order to achieve savings of between £8.3 billion and £13.7 billion, according to a report commissioned by NHS England.
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DH reveals final NPfIT benefits
The Department of Health released its final report on the benefits of NPfIT in June, six days before it told the Public Accounts Committee that it would not be available until September.
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Telehealth benefits realised
A Yorkshire project proves the cost benefits of telehealth, says a report on the scheme by think-tank 2020health.
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EHRs fail to achieve savings – US study
A lack of interoperability and usability among electronic health record systems means the billions of dollars of expected savings have not been realised from their implementaton, a US report says.
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