GPs divided on telehealth
GPs are divided about the benefits of telehealth and telecare, and this can hit patient recruitment rates, WSD experts told the King’s Fund.
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WSD results: ‘complex’ not compelling
The whole systems demonstrator project failed to show a reduction in emergency admissions or cost savings in regards to hospital activity, an analyst has revealed.
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Burstow puts WSD delay on publisher
Peer reviewed results of the whole systems demonstrator programme are sitting with the British Medical Journal and will be released “over the next weeks and months”, care services minister Paul Burstow has promised.
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DH ‘must publish’ WSD results
The Department of Health needs to publish the full results of the whole system demonstrator projects to avoid expensive mistakes in the roll-out of its 3millionlives campaign, a senior fellow at the King’s Fund has warned.
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Records ‘needed for integrated care’
Two think-tanks that are well-known for influencing government policy have called for a major investment in IT to promote integrated care.
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GPs should be navigators not gatekeepers
GPs need to adopt technology and find ways to address variations in practice, a major new report by the King’s Fund has concluded.
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Full WSD results expected by autumn
The full results from the evaluation of the world’s biggest telehealth trial are not expected to be published in full for another six to nine months.
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Risk model applied to social care
Researchers at the Nuffield Trust have succeeded in building a model to identify people at risk of needing social care – but admit there would be issues in using it in practice.
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Predictive risk for Clacton virtual ward
NHS North East Essex has set up a virtual ward powered by IT built around a King’s Fund model for identifying patients at high risk of emergency admission to hospital.
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Healey: revolution would need cash
Shadow health secretary John Healey has said it is “largely unlikely” that the aims of the ‘information revolution’ will be achieved if the coalition is not prepared to invest in its development.
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