A new innovation in approaching vaccine programme administration and public engagement using accessible digital communications technology at-scale.

国家疫苗计划将是一项艰巨的任务。从业务、资源配置和技术角度来看，确保方案得到有效实施将是一项挑战，以安全有效的方式优先考虑那些最需要的人。在这种情况下，通过NHS初级保健管理疫苗接种计划的一切照旧的方法（这依赖于昂贵和耗时的组合邮寄信件和工作人员领导的电话）是不合适的。是一家社会企业，其使命是在英国毫不费力地公平获得预防保健。在过去的一年里，我们一直在领导一个创新英国资助的项目，开发一个创新的患者参与工具，该工具被集成到GP实践IT系统中，并使用数字通信来增加NHS健康检查的公众接受率。我们使用可访问的数字技术，短信和自动语音，使重要的预防性医疗预约更容易获得。初步分析表明，我们的方法比现状有效46%（在接受率、成本效益和所需管理时间方面）。我们建议重新利用Appt的患者参与技术，以推动公众接受COVID-19疫苗接种预约，并减轻基层医疗的行政压力。

A national vaccine programme will be a huge undertaking. It will be a challenge from an operational, resourcing and technical perspective, to make sure that the programme is efficiently delivered, prioritising those with the greatest need in a safe and effective manner.In this situation business-as-usual approaches to administrating vaccination programmes through NHS primary care (which rely on expensive and time-consuming combinations of posted letters and staff led phone-calls) are not suitable.Appt-Health (Appt) is a social enterprise whose mission is to make equitable access to preventive healthcare effortless in the UK. For the last year we have been leading an Innovate UK funded project to develop an innovative patient engagement tool which is integrated into GP practice IT systems and uses digital communications to increase the public uptake of NHS Health Checks.We use accessible digital technology, SMS and automated voice, to make it easier to access important preventive healthcare appointments. Preliminary analysis has shown that our approach is 46% more effective (in terms of uptake, cost-effectiveness and required administrative time) than the status quo.We propose a repurposing of Appt's patient engagement technology to drive public uptake of COVID-19 vaccination appointments and reduce the administrative pressure on primary care.