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Newest firstBackgroundAlthough virtual consultations are increasingly used in healthcare, mode affects attendance patterns remains limited, particularly across demographic groups. Within NHS secondary care, telephone consultations have been the most widely adopted form of telephone care; however, few studies have examined non-attendance (commonly termed Did Not Attend [DNA]) patterns specifically for telephone consultations a…
Open article record in new tab ↗ObjectivesTo evaluate the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) Inpatient Care Coordination Solution (CCS) digital scheduling tool on elective theatre utilisation. MethodsAn interrupted time series assessed changes in theatre utilisation and cancellations following tool adoption (January 2022). Weekly data spanned 90 weeks (April 2021 to December 2023). Outcomes included weekly median theatre utilisation (actual, book…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundCare delivery in conventional health systems is structured around clinical anatomical specialties, often geared towards managing single conditions rather than people. As a result, people with Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTC) often need to see many different specialists to manage their health, resulting in fragmented care that is inefficient and costly. Certain Long-term Conditions (LTCs) frequently c…
Open article record in new tab ↗Natural language processing (NLP) is increasingly being applied to obtain unsupervised representations of electronic healthcare record (EHR) data, but their performance for the prediction of clinical endpoints remains unclear. Here we use primary care EHRs from 6,286,233 people with Multiple Long-Term Conditions in England to generate vector representations of sequences of disease development using two input strat…
Open article record in new tab ↗IntroductionWith the growing use of remote appointments within the National Health Service, there is a need to understand potential barriers of access to care for some patients. In this observational study we examined missed appointments rates, comparing remote and face-to-face appointments among different patient groups. MethodsWe analysed adult outpatient appointments at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in…
Open article record in new tab ↗Identifying clusters of co-occurring diseases can aid understanding of shared aetiology, management of co-morbidities, and the discovery of new disease associations. Here, we use data from a population of over ten million people with multimorbidity registered to primary care in England to identify disease clusters through a two-stage process. First, we extract data-driven representations of 212 diseases from patie…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundThe extension to which digital technologies are employed to promote the delivery of high-quality healthcare is known as Digital Maturity. Individuals and systems digital maturity are both necessary to ensure a successful, scalable and sustainable digital transformation in healthcare. Digital maturity in primary care has been scarcely evaluated. ObjectivesThis study assessed the digital maturity - as a wh…
BackgroundWith the onset of COVID-19, general practitioners (GPs) and patients worldwide swiftly transitioned from face-to-face to digital remote consultations. There is a need to evaluate how this global shift has impacted patient care, healthcare providers, patient and carer experience, and health systems. ObjectiveWe explored GPs perspectives on the main benefits and challenges of using digital remote care. Met…
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