Appendix
Some benefits of computable knowledge and decision support for the main stakeholder groups.
| Stakeholder group | Benefit of this approach |
|---|---|
| Tax payers and public | A more efficient, safer, evidence-based health and care system |
| Patients | Safer and faster health care with all parts of the service relying on the same core knowledge |
| Health professionals | Rapid access to the most recent high-quality health and care knowledge to all parts of a distributed team |
| NHS Trusts and Health Boards | Safer health care delivered by professionals at all levels following a complete and consistent knowledge base Improves working lives, helping clinical staff build confidence, and providing learning with every experience Lower rates of litigation and staff burnout |
| Clinical commissioners | Safer, more efficient, evidence-based care delivered by all professionals following a consistent knowledge base |
| Guidance producers | A simple, fast route to market for their guidance products |
| Medical publishers and software developers | Access to a common core of health and care knowledge in standard format as a basis for value-added products |
| Regulators of clinicians, services and devices; courts of law | Easy access to the defined knowledge base of health and care, exactly as it was at the time of a specific incident in the past. |
| The UK Economy | A new high-value knowledge ecosystem that generates highly skilled jobs and opportunities for innovation, enterprise and global revenue. |
