image: @ipopba | iStock Ben Riley, Director of Aventius, examines more on digital transformation in the NHS In part two, we quickly looked at the NPfIT project in the early 2000s and why it failed . In this part three, we’ll now look at where digital transformation in the NHS is currently heading. As someone who has worked in the NHS in data and IT for over 15 years, I will look at how things are changing internally, but I will touch on the public viewpoint too and sprinkle in some of my opinions and speculation. Public perspective As I mentioned in the previous parts of this short series of articles, the public sees digital transformation mainly in the form of personal connectivity improvements, like viewing some of their medical records or ordering prescriptions from an app on their mobile. Like with most software, as clients, they don’t necessarily care how it’s all working internally, just that it’s doing what they need. Most people I speak to automatically assume that the whole NHS uses a single computer system and are very surprised when I explain the reality. Internal struggles So, what is currently happening internally? As I was in […]
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