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Technology project aims to enhance NHS operations management

5 January 2012
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Technology project aims to enhance NHS operations managementNew technology that could assist continuous improvement efforts within the NHS is being rolled out across the health service.

Measures such as telehealth and telecare employ electronic equipment in order to monitor signs such as weight, blood oxygen level and pulse remotely, allowing people to remain in their own homes.

Such technology could be employed by those specialising in operations management within the NHS in order to improve efficiency and patient care by providing professionals with the ability to assess patients with long-term conditions from a distance.

According to the Department of Health, an estimated three million lives will be enhanced through the scheme, which has been trialled by authorities in Cornwall and will involve the NHS, social care bodies, professional groups and industry leaders over the next five years.

Care services minister Paul Burstow stated: "Telehealth and telecare have shown how people with long-term conditions can live more independently, reducing the time they have to spend in hospital and improving their quality of life."

Operations management within the NHS may also receive a boost from the recent appointment of Professor Viv Bennett to the post of Department of Health director of nursing and principal advisor on public health nursing to the government.ADNFCR-3058-ID-801255935-ADNFCR
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