#NHS70: Celebrating the innovations that transformed healthcare
Summary
Unsurprisingly, we’re huge fans of digital technology and the NHS has done us proud by adopting some of the most ground-breaking systems including… The humble Electronic Patient Record represented a move from past to present that truly transformed healthcare delivery. Using a powerful magnetic field, radio frequency pulses and a computer, this non-invasive medical test produces detailed pictures of organs, soft tissues, bone and virtually all other internal body structures. It offers economical storage and convenient access to electronic images and reports removing the need to manually file, retrieve, or transport physical records. While some outsource the notes to professional transcribers, elsewhere, NHS trusts are using speech recognition technology which transforms dictation into documents without the need to type. HES also monitors and reveals trends and patterns in NHS hospitals assesses effective care delivery and supports service planning provides the basis for national indicators of clinical quality.