Rapid access to information: the key to cutting costs in the NHS
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TL;DR
Today's mass of siloed information may enable reporting on prescriptive targets, but it provides limited insight into performance variations or the cost of service delivery.
Abstract
The hiatus is over. The Treasury has made it very clear-the NHS has to make tough cuts, now. And the coalition government is demanding clinician-led decisions in order to minimise the impact on the quality of front-line service delivery. Good in theory, but without rapid access to cross-functional informatics, clinicians are powerless. Today's mass of siloed information may enable reporting on prescriptive targets, but it provides limited insight into performance variations or the cost of service delivery.