You could add the potential to support electronic prescribing for diabetes patients.
Angela
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> On 13 May 2020, at 16:22, Jonathan Kay <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Tricky, isn’t it?
>
> As with all procurements it's easier if you can move that sort of improvement into the specifications rather than having to show the benefits in the business case.
>
> I’d include:
> * The avoided staff cost of entering patient and operator ID by hand, but that depends on your autoidentification model.
> * The avoided staff cost of recording results by hand. (Do you already have an EPR across the organisation?)
> * The avoided staff cost of going to the machine for maintenance, QC etc.
> * The risk reduction in having the results available to the next HCP who needs them.
> * There may be some benefits in being able to take an instrument down remotely if it’s performance goes off, but much of that is built-in nowadays.
> * The reduced cost of staff training because you can concentrate it where it's needed and not where it isn’t.
>
> Jonathan
>
> PS: The biggest connected PoCT system for glucose (and ketones) that I know is the one we built in the Oxford hospitals.
>
>
>> On 13 May 2020, at 15:45, Divina Bunoan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> We are going out to tender this year for our glucose meter & strip
>> contract.
>> We would like to introduce connectivity meters to replace the current devices. As this will involve
>> increased costs over replacing with non-connected meters, does anyone
>> have any useful data / evidence that would help a business case? I am
>> aware of the governance aspects & advantages but I suspect we will be
>> required to show a cost benefit over & above this.
>>
>
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