HS
Hetan Shah
@hetanshah.bsky.social
Chief Executive, The British Academy
Chair, Our World in Data
Board, National Audit Office
Visiting Professor, Kings College London
Fellow, Birkbeck College
Advisory board, Resolution Foundation; Bennett Institute; UCL Policy Lab
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“Some of us just want the printers to work,” noted one NHS hospital doctor. on.ft.com/3U7Hd7O
‘It slows everything down’: NHS doctors warn of safety risks from creaking tech
Plans to digitise health service must first tackle ‘flip a coin’ nature of equipment across UK, say medical staff
So true. Still using paper in my organisation. Use around maybe 20 different systems all to do different things. Eg one system to book echo, another to look up result. EHR arriving in a few years time. Expends so much time. And introduces risk with difficulties in documentation eg for virtual wards.
HS
Hetan Shah
@hetanshah.bsky.social
Chief Executive, The British Academy
Chair, Our World in Data
Board, National Audit Office
Visiting Professor, Kings College London
Fellow, Birkbeck College
Advisory board, Resolution Foundation; Bennett Institute; UCL Policy Lab
My own views
4.9k followers991 following1.3k posts