healthcare.digital July 4, 2018
Dr Simon Wallace looks at how technology will transform the future of clinical documentation.
As the NHS turns 70, it’s time we considered how Britain’s world-leading health service has transformed clinical documentation since its inauguration back in 1948.
July 1948 was the first time that hospital, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, opticians and dentists were brought together under one umbrella organisation, free for all at the point of care.
Fast-forward to the present moment, the UK government is looking to use mobile apps and new technologies to help ‘put patients in control’, according to Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt.
Along with the launch of a new app that allows patients to book appointments, order repeat prescriptions and see their medical...