Choose and Book
Simon Walford
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.6-5-473
Clin Med September 2006 Simon Walford
Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals; Senior Medical Adviser, Commissioning Directorate, Department of Health
MD FRCPRoles: Consultant Physician
Abstract
Choose and Book combines three major elements of NHS organisational development. Patients are offered increasing choice about where they receive specialist advice, they have more control over the booking of their appointments, and a Choose and Book information technology (IT) application is being implemented to facilitate both these aspects of care. By exploring these three elements, some of the causes of difficulty in clinical implementation and the additional information required to inform choice are identified.
- appointment scheduling
- Choose and Book
- National Programme for Information Technology
- NHS Connecting for Health
- patient choice
- patient information
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Simon Walford
Clinical Medicine Sep 2006, 6 (5) 473-476; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.6-5-473
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