On 03/15/98 07:33:01, Ian Trimble <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> to support the key aims, which will typically include improving the
> quality of prescribing and referrals;
>
> to monitor and manage prescribing and HCHS budgets to ensure they
> stay within agreed limits;
>
> to manage the delivery of primary care itself, including health
> promotion and disease management;
>
> to inform commissioning decisions, for example the need for accurate
> and consistent data from general practice on population health
> and primary care activity.
>
>Add to this a few pointers from the White Paper, such as direct
>out-patient appointment booking and the development of clinical
>governance, and I think you can work out roughly where things are
>heading.
Who will pay for all this?
Will I have to modify or acquire new software and hardware for my
clinical system?
Who will pay for the training required?
Who will provide that training?
Will I have time to take that training as well as being a model
'Preferred Provider' (ie: cheap and bendable)?
Will I be forced again to sign up to NHSnet as the preferred (and only)
solution?
Will the reporting requirements increase?
Will the paper work increase as a result?
Questions, questions and not an answer in sight!
Ahmad
"busy, busy, busy"
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