NHS to sign up patients for 'virtual' A&E in tech revolution http://bit.ly/2JBkQFk Denis Campbell Health policy editor Exclusive: Patients checking systems will be told by chatbot if they need to go to hospital Millions of patients will be encouraged to use digital technology to assess how ill they are under a groundbreaking initiative by a leading NHS hospital, as part of a drive to reduce the use of A&E and outpatient appointments. A revolution in the NHS’s embrace of technology will see patients in Birmingham advised to use online – live and automated – chat services, online symptom checkers and video consultations with doctors and nurses to help relieve the “unsustainable” pressure on services. Continue reading... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J May 23, 2019 at 10:30PM

Exclusive: Patients checking systems will be told by chatbot if they need to go to hospital

Millions of patients will be encouraged to use digital technology to assess how ill they are under a groundbreaking initiative by a leading NHS hospital, as part of a drive to reduce the use of A&E and outpatient appointments.

A revolution in the NHS’s embrace of technology will see patients in Birmingham advised to use online – live and automated – chat services, online symptom checkers and video consultations with doctors and nurses to help relieve the “unsustainable” pressure on services.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2JBkQFk