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Review
. 2017 Jun;4(2):117-120.
doi: 10.7861/futurehosp.4-2-117.

How is health information technology changing the way we deliver NHS hospital care?

Harpreet S Sood  1 , Keith McNeil  2
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Review

How is health information technology changing the way we deliver NHS hospital care?

Harpreet S Sood et al. Future Healthc J. 2017 Jun.

Abstract

As NHS England and the health system makes further investments in the deployment of health information technology (HIT) across NHS sites, this review article considers some of the benefits HIT can provide in secondary care, including the potential of creating innovation ecosystems.

Keywords: Health information technology; hospital care; innovation; training and education; ­informatics.

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