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NHS 'needs quicker tech uptake'
Category: Data storage
24 October, 2008
The NHS needs to be quicker in adopting technologies that are widespread elsewhere, a thinktank has found, which could convince health-related firms and pharmaceutical companies to make sure that their systems are up-to-date.Online booking and email are everyday technologies that the King's Fund health sector thinktank says are not being used as efficiently and effectively as they should be, although bringing in a data management service could be one solution for companies behind the technological times.
"Consumers are accustomed to using technology in their daily lives - 17 million people bank online and 55 per cent of internet users book their holidays online," said Alasdair Liddell, a senior associate at The King's Fund and co-author of the Technology in the NHS report.
Three areas were put forward as reasons why the health service may be behind: lack of leadership, lack of incentives and lack of funding, which could have consequences for the data security and disaster recovery procedures of the NHS.
Meanwhile, Connecting to Health has found that 93 per cent of GP practices in England are using an online booking system, while the system has been streamlined to become user-friendly.
