Evaluation of the effect of IT on interactions between healthcare workers and patients

Research project

Evaluation of the effect of IT on interactions between healthcare workers and patients

Research team

Robin Williams

Overview

Robin Williams is Co-Investigator with Dr Guro Huby, Prof. Aziz Sheikh, Dr Kathrin Cresswell and Dr Bernard Fernando in this £703,125 project led by Hilary Pinnock from the Division of Community Health Sciences of Edinburgh University's College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.

Funded by the UK Department of Health, Connecting for Health Evaluation Programme project (CFHEP 010) the project runs from 1st September 2008 - 31st January 2011. It will examine how the array of new information technology based services being introduced into general practice under the NHS £11bn 'Connecting for Health' programme may affect relationships between health care professionals and with patients.