Interoperability in NHS hospitals must be improved: the Care Quality Commission should be a key actor in this process

Joe Zhang¹, Harpreet Sood², Oliver Thomas Harrison^{3

4}, Ben Horner⁵, Nikhil Sharma^{6

7}, Sanjay Budhdeo^{5

6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Medicine, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St. Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK.
² University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London NW1 2BU, UK.
³ Telefonica Alpha Health, Torre Telefonica, Barcelona 08019, Spain.
⁴ Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St. Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK.
⁵ Healthcare, Boston Consulting Group, London W1U 3PZ, UK.
⁶ National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
⁷ Department for Neuromuscular Diseases, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.

Review

Joe Zhang et al. J R Soc Med. 2020 Mar.

. 2020 Mar;113(3):101-104.

doi: 10.1177/0141076819894664. Epub 2020 Jan 6.

Joe Zhang¹, Harpreet Sood², Oliver Thomas Harrison^{3

4}, Ben Horner⁵, Nikhil Sharma^{6

7}, Sanjay Budhdeo^{5

6

7}

¹ Intensive Care Medicine, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St. Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK.
² University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London NW1 2BU, UK.
³ Telefonica Alpha Health, Torre Telefonica, Barcelona 08019, Spain.
⁴ Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St. Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK.
⁵ Healthcare, Boston Consulting Group, London W1U 3PZ, UK.
⁶ National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK.
⁷ Department for Neuromuscular Diseases, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK.

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