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In July 2018, Secretary for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock emphasised the importance of investing in connected solutions for achieving NHS goals, stating: “The patient safety agenda is important to me and I strongly believe properly integrated technology has the power to further enhance safety and improve outcomes for patients.”


In his speech, Matt explained how upfront investment in technology can help to reduce waste, giving clinicians more valuable time to spend with patients and reducing medication errors.


An area where connected solutions are already being adopted is the field of Vital Signs Monitoring, where technology is being developed to support clinicians in recognising at-risk patients and reducing preventable death. Failure to recognise signs that a patient is deteriorating, for example due to changes in systolic blood pressure or pulse rate, is a key patient safety issue. A study published in BMJ Quality and Safety had estimated that around 1 in 20 deaths in hospital were preventable and, of these, almost one in three were estimated to be from insufficient clinical


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