e69cf3c4_Blogzilla__February_2011__Benefits
[Date] Dec. 2002 [Milestone] To have enabled primary care staff to take advantage of modern and well managed information technology and information services to achieve better and more consistent patient care. [Benefits] 
Examples of the benefits [2] will include: Access to accredited information on treatments and conditions that can be shared with patients Ability to communicate more effectively with secondary care staff to support more efficient transfer of patient care and ongoing shared patient care (eg, electronic referral and discharge; on-line booking of appointments) Faster and higher quality of clinical communications such as test results, second opinions etc between primary and secondary care staff Better internal communications within general practices and primary care groups/trusts Faster communication between the Department of Health/NHS Executive and primary care staff (eg, medical alerts)
Blogzilla: February 2011
Benefits