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InDepth

 

Stories and case studies that showcase our digital tools for clinicians, NHS Wales staff, and patients.

 

Medicines Transcribing and E-Discharge

When a patient is discharged from hospital information about the medicines they need and the care they have received is sent to their GP.  This is essential to support the patient’s ongoing care.

Focus on the Managed Print Service
Providing a reliable set of printers may not sound like the most exciting of IT developments but for  GP practices who rely on printers for producing prescriptions, having a dependable service is not only important, it is crucial for patient care.
 
Managed Print Service benefits prescription processing

As with many IT implementations, some of the benefits are immediately expected, others appear once the service has been operational for a while, with surprising outcomes.  The recent managed print service pilot has been experiencing benefits not only at a GP practice level but right through to the Shared Service Partnership.

Welsh Results Reporting Service and Blood Transplants

The introduction of a new computer system in hospitals has reduced the need for blood and marrow transplant patients to travel long distances to clinics after their treatment.

GP Test Requesting in Healthy Prestatyn

The frustrating experience of patients sometimes having to return to their GP practice to have repeat blood tests is fast becoming a thing of the past, thanks to a new computer system.