Technology: Inside IT: Public bodies must adapt to the fluid, digital world
Tower Hamlets isn't rejecting the central NHS programme - the PCT still depends on central services such as population registers and centrally procured broadband. But its decision to go its own way with patient-record software, and to share information within a "natural community" rat...
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| Published in | The Guardian (London) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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London (UK)
Guardian News & Media Limited
02.07.2009
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| Summary: | Tower Hamlets isn't rejecting the central NHS programme - the PCT still depends on central services such as population registers and centrally procured broadband. But its decision to go its own way with patient-record software, and to share information within a "natural community" rather than nationwide, is a challenge to the programme's ethos. Dr Kambiz Boomla, one of the GPs leading the project, admits it is a gamble. He's had to persuade managers to pay for additional Emis licences rather than take the "free" national system. He reckons he has at most two years to get the system embedded, and showing benefits, before spending cuts begin to bite. |
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| ISSN: | 0261-3077 |