Automation Business Case
We’ve compiled information that will assist in developing your business case. Consideration must be given to each product workflow, be it cost-saving, timesaving, increased robustness, quicker processing, freeing staff for other tasks, or removing errors. If the focus is purely financial, the cost of time (clinical and/or administrative) allocated to running the workflow must be factored in, along with the additional tasks that can be performed if time is saved.
Approach:
- Responsibility: Identify who oversees completing each task.
- Time Consumption: Calculate daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly time spent.
- Costing: Determine actual cost, including salary plus 30% National Insurance/Uplift.
- Alternative Tasks: Consider what else could be done if these tasks were minimised.
- Recruitment Challenges: Evaluate the challenges in staffing & training.
Additional Information:
1. Saving Clinical:
- Rapid Diagnostics: Diminishes time for routine diagnosis, allowing GPs to focus on complex cases.
- Streamlined System Management: Enhances patient records, results, and processes, managing patients more efficiently.
2. Saving Administrative:
- Automation: Supports efficiency in handling large work volumes.
- Compliance & Standardisation: Aids NHS and regulatory compliance, streamlining tasks.
3. Lowering Costs for Practices, PCN, Federations & ICS
- Reduction in Costs: Automation frees staff for skilled tasks, resulting in significant savings.
- Efficient Resource Allocation: Optimises resources, cutting costs and enabling a greater workload without additional staffing.
4. Removing Errors:
- Data Accuracy: Boosts patient information accuracy, reducing errors.
- Standardised Processes: Ensures consistency, minimising mistakes.
5. Improving Patient Care:
- Free Time for Clinicians: Facilitates tailored care, enhancing patient outcomes.
- Enhanced Patient Engagement: Improves scheduling and follow-ups, elevating patient satisfaction.
- See more patients: Freed time from administration.
