The essence of the problems is poor usability; taking too much time; interference with face-to-face patient contact; and degradation of clinical documentation.I’m not disputing the need to give an impetus to IT in the NHS, but this does need to be focused on improving clinician satisfaction rather than making work in the NHS more difficult. Otherwise we’re just going to go through another wasteful phase of computer consultants ripping off the NHS.
Psychiatry needs to be more thoughtful
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