GP INSIGHTS
What new innovative practices or methods do you believe should be adopted to positively impact the care you provide?
‘Innovation has significantly enhanced general practice, particularly through technology and AI. Electronic health records streamline patient information, improving care coordination and reducing errors. Telemedicine allows remote consultations, increasing accessibility. AI-driven tools aid in diagnosis and treatment decisions, offering insights from vast data sets. Wearable devices and health apps empower patients to monitor their health, promoting proactive care. Overall, these advancements save time, enhance accuracy, and enable more personalised healthcare, ultimately improving patient outcomes and the efficiency of general practice.’
‘Overhaul of technology, business systems and medical software. Introduction of AI. Streamlining complex processes. Improve revenue by understanding the business finances, improving appointment systems, cost of supplies and saving possibilities and billing analyses.’
‘Systems that talk to each other, there are so many local and national systems that GPs have to endlessly navigate.’
‘Better interoperability between systems, easier transfer of information between clinicians and patient, new models of care with multidisciplinary element and more flexible funding mechanisms to experiment with different ways of providing care. Increased percentage of funding to care that isn't dependent upon the GP seeing the patient (carefully so as not to be detrimental to continuity).’
‘A health status dashboard for patients to see what is recommended for their age (eg mammograms, bowel cancer screening, CST, cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar/HbA1c, physical activity recommendations). This might be when patients check in and prompt them to discuss with the doctor. They can access this at home as a shared screen to upload their latest blood pressure readings and BGL, weight, waist and hip measurements for their GP to see when they come in.’