What a clinical audit tells a commissioner that a dashboard cannot
Activity data shows a commissioner what happened. It rarely shows why, and almost never produces evidence that survives a contract negotiation. A well-scoped audit does both.
An EPR does not deliver benefits. Clinical teams do.
Electronic patient record business cases are approved on benefits and then managed on milestones. The gap between the two is where the value quietly disappears.
Why cost improvement plans stall in the second year
Most CIP programmes hit their first-year number and then lose momentum. The reason is rarely a shortage of ideas. It is that year one savings and year two savings are different kinds of work, and most plans only resource the first kind.