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NHS Digital has launched a new web platform for the Innovation Scorecard.
The scorecard reports on the use of medicines and medical technologies in the NHS in England, specifically those which have been positively appraised by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) since 2012.
According to a statement from the DH, the site now provides greater transparency and is easier to use.
Users can now: compare commissioning organisations’ uptake of medicines; view information without having to download data; share results more easily and securely; and look at overall levels of prescribing by medicine
The Innovation Scorecard is part of the government’s broader goal of supporting open data and transparency.
The next scorecard is scheduled to be published in July 2017.
This story was first published in digitalhealth.net
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