HIS Benefits Improved care and delivery of services provided to patients. Reduced administrative work.
{"Image DocumentName": "HIS BenefitsImproved care and delivery of services provided to patients. Reduced administrative work.", "Image ImageDescription": "Better information for resource management. So what is the way forward - there are clearly plenty of potential barriers? I think I have elaborated on the first two points, and frankly we would, as a Trust, move down this road with or without GP links. The issue about de facto standards is important. We seem to spend inordinate amounts of time (measured in years) discussing, piloting, consulting, more piloting, and reviewing messages etc. All very admirable but should we not be more focused and establish the basic messages with a higher sense of urgency. We know we work in a complex industry but when I compare how the finance, insurance and travel industries have addressed similar issues we do begin to look pathetic. Having said that it is further frustrating to find most energy is being put into administrative applications - to date has an individual patient directly benefited from any of this? The cajoling of GP suppliers is easier said than done. I don\u2019t blame them for the histrionics - we will get there, but really a three-line whip is required to pump prime and stimulate the GP systems marketplace. One can t help feeling that the distractions of political pressures and the need to maintain obsolete systems is impeding progress. At Walsgrave business cases are not the issue, we have not been able to spend budgets because GPs cannot get connected at the application level. An urgent refocus is required to bring clinical flows on stream. Finally whilst one wants to end on a positive note I feel obliged to comment on ROME (Roll-Out of Messaging Environment) by BT Syntegra. If you have followed the media on this you will be probably be sceptical about this approach as it does not address the nub of the problem. It will not solve the impasse, because the real systems integration issues are not resolved. Finally reference to EDIFACT messages in the NHS.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}