Hunt’s plan for austerITy
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 his speech at Policy Exchange.
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PwC finds ‘even more’ IT savings
A report from consultants PriceWaterhouseCoopers has concluded that the NHS could save billions of pounds a year if “ambitious, proactive NHS organisations” improved their use of information technology.
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Hunt wants paperless NHS in five years
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has set out a tight timetable for making all records and communications in the NHS paperless in a speech to the think-tank Policy Exchange.
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PwC to review North Bristol’s go-live
North Bristol NHS Trust has commissioned PricewaterhouseCoopers to conduct an independent review of the issues surrounding clinical incidents and missed appointments following the implementation of Cerner Millennium.
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