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UK central government market profile to 2010/11
The total ICT market in the UK central government sector reached £3,440m in 2006/07. Kable estimates that it will grow by 4% to £3,577m in 2007/08, growth in the subsequent years though will slow, reaching £3,777m by 2010/11
Published: 04 Jan 2008
Technology and the transformation of social protection
This report examines the systems of welfare benefits and social services that together make up social protection in the UK
Published: 25 Oct 2007
Public sector outsourcing: The big picture to 2012
In this report we examine £74bn of services commissioned by government from the private and third sectors. By 2012 we estimate that this will have grown to a market worth almost £100bn.
Published: 17 Sep 2007
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About Smart Healthcare
The launch of Smart Healthcare reflects the need to increase the understanding and create a forum for debate on effective information management within health and social care. Not just among the specialists in informatics, but among the clinicians, managers and other professionals who make the difference in delivering care.
The demands on the service are intensifying, with patients expecting increasingly higher standards in the quality and timeliness of care. Virtually everyone in the service wants to meet these demands, but to do so they need accurate, relevant, user friendly information that they can obtain when and where it's needed.
The Government acknowledges this and is committing the resources - just look at the NHS National Programme for IT - but the delivery will require a lot more money. It will demand answers to questions over working practices, patient privacy, the integration of health and social care and many other issues. These will not be successfully resolved unless people at every level of health and social care become involved, and this magazine seeks to promote that involvement.
The aim of Smart Healthcare is to report on and explain the developments in information management and technology as they affect health and social care. It aims to demystify the use of IT and health informatics. The publication includes the analysis of trends, explanation of the issues, examples of best practice, reports on key initiatives and projects and a great deal more.
IT professionals in the health sector need to be bold and far seeing if they are to implement the National Programme. Dissemination of best practice and innovation is central to developing new services such as electronic booking, electronic transfer of prescriptions and the national patient care records system for the benefit of patients.
ASSIST wants Smart Healthcare to help achieve these goals; to publicise and promote success stories, to highlight issues of critical interest to the health and IT professions, to harness the strengths of private and public sector expertise, as well as providing a forum for constructive debate. ASSIST - From the Association for ICT Professionals in Health and Social Care
BCSHIC welcomes Smart Healthcare as a means of providing information, news and comment in this arena, which is so active and exciting at the present time. We are determined to assist in developing the new information systems to improve individual patient care and a more efficient and effective health service. The more informed communication the better, and Smart Healthcare will be a valuable aid in this process. The British Computer Society Health Informatics Committee
UKCHIP welcomes Smart Healthcare as a means of disseminating good practice and greater understanding amongst health informaticians and also others concerned with health care. The UK Council for Health Informatics Professions
Areas covered in Smart Healthcare include:
- Confidentiality - Data Protection Act;
- NHS entitlement cards;
- open source;
- speech recognition;
- knowledge management for health;
- clinical information systems for GPs;
- storage;
- ERDIP - electronic record development and implementation programme;
- telemedicine;
- mobile technology;
- picture archiving;
- ambulance telemonitoring;
- home telemonitoring;
- internet initiatives;
- overseas case studies.
Editorial advisers
The editorial advisers help but do not control the publication, which is independent and not part of government
Dr Glyn Hayes
President, UK Council for Health Informatics Profession,
Chair, British Computer Society Health Informatics Committee
Brian Derry
Chair, Association of Informatics Professionals in Health and Social Care
Mike McCurry
Treasurer and membership secretary, UK eHealth Association |
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