Peter Sonksen
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Comment on: Use IT and drive real improvements in efficiency
I'm very pleased to hear your analysis and approach to IT in healthcare. I started building a clinical record system for diabetes in 1973. I worked with IT and Medical Informatics all my professional career as a clinical professor heading a large academic clinical department at one of the top London teaching hospitals. I've heard this 'propagana' from IT professionals seemingly forever while in reality the driving force has been money not developing a useful tool for patient care. The system I was responsible for involved patients from the outset and aimed to make every member of the clinical teams job easier and more efficient. Were senior management interested? No, of course not. Largely because their lords and master directing NHS strategy was not sincere and was more concerned about cutting costs ("Efficiency savings") that improving efficiency and quality of care. I hope and pray that you and the NHS are more sincere this time round and not just producing more psychobabble. To prove it, put your money where your mouth is.
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Comment on: Use IT and drive real improvements in efficiency
I'm very pleased to hear your analysis and approach to IT in healthcare. I started building a clinical record system for diabetes in 1973. I worked with IT and Medical Informatics all my professional career as a clinical professor heading a large academic clinical department at one of the top London teaching hospitals. I've heard this 'propagana' from IT professionals seemingly forever while in reality the driving force has been money not developing a useful tool for patient care. The system I was responsible for involved patients from the outset and aimed to make every member of the clinical teams job easier and more efficient. Were senior management interested? No, of course not. Largely because their lords and master directing NHS strategy was not sincere and was more concerned about cutting costs ("Efficiency savings") that improving efficiency and quality of care. I hope and pray that you and the NHS are more sincere this time round and not just producing more psychobabble. To prove it, put your money where your mouth is.
