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- A team working on modernizing the national breast screening service in the UK is hopeful about the potential benefits of digitalizing the system.
- The current system relies heavily on paper-based processes, such as sending invites and results via post.
- Transitioning to a digital service could save significant time, estimated at 152,000 work hours annually at GP practices alone.
- Efforts to update the system have been promised before but little progress has been made since the 1990s.
- There is a perception that breast screening is behind because it's viewed as a service for women, creating a blind spot for men.
- The outdated system, called NBSS, lacks interoperability with modern systems, a common issue in NHS services.
- Without addressing the root cause of the problems, quick fixes may exacerbate issues over time.
- Despite challenges, a transparent and collaborative approach is seen as vital to making sustainable improvements.
- The team acknowledges the complexity of the task, including the existence of 75 disparate instances of NBSS.
- While progress is uncertain, the team remains cautiously optimistic about their ability to modernize the digital infrastructure for breast screening.
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