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Dr Hussein Gandhi (aka Dr Gandalf) and Dr Andy Foster are two GPs who run the eGPLearning Podblast. The Podblast explores new resources for primary care health tech, current news and covers regular interviews with health tech innovators. In this episode Ben asks Andy and Gandhi what impact they think technology is having on general practice; both now and in the future.

Show Notes

How the Podblast came about (51secs)

The Podblast is aimed at primary care workers, mainly GPs (1min 44secs)

What’s the most useful current technology? (2mins 34secs)

The biggest likely impact of technology on general practice – signposting (4mins 34secs)

The value of current gadgets – and the new systems (5mins 43secs)

Practices and technology – “wake up and get with the programme” (7mins 32secs)

Finding time to innovate (9mins 12secs)

The threat of the new big players in the market (10mins 16secs)

The involvement of the private sector and the views of patients (11mins 49secs)

Technology shaping the future of general practice – the frustrations of legacy systems (14mins 33secs)

The impact of the millennials (16mins 47secs)

Aspirations for the future (17mins 48secs)

Finding the podcast (19mins 47secs)

The eGPLearning Podblast is available on iTunes and You Tube

Dr Gandhi runs www.egplearning.co.uk and is on Twitter @drgandalf52

Dr Foster has a blog www.avoidingpuddles.com and is on Twitter @drawfoster