Digital technology, health outcomes and patient care

New plans to improve health outcomes and the quality of patient care through digital technology and innovation have been unveiled by national health and social care organisations.

Established by the Department of Health and chaired by NHS England’s National Director for Patients and Information, Tim Kelsey, the National Information Board has set out a vision for how technology should work harder and better for patients and citizens by 2020.

The vision commits to giving everybody online access to their GP records, viewed through approved apps and digital platforms, by 2015.

For further information visit www.gov.uk/government/news/major-new-report-on-digital-technology.