To what extent have mobile devices become a ubiquitous part of modern healthcare? That’s the complicated question Digital Health Intelligence is exploring in its latest research, and we want your views.
We are conducting research to inform our new white paper on mobile usage in the NHS, which follows on from our initial exploration of the topic published last year.
To this end, we are today launching a survey to gather views. It’s open to anyone working in the NHS and shouldn’t take more than 20 minutes to complete.
As a thank you for your time we will – with your permission – enter you into a prize draw. Samsung are once again supporting the research and have kindly provided a Galaxy Note9 phone which will go to one lucky respondent.
All answers will be kept anonymous and will inform a white paper being published later this year. The findings will once again be covered extensively on Digital Health News and in a subsequent webinar.
21 February 2019 @ 19:57
I worked as an external ex-private sector consultant in the NHS, and then PHD, for several years and believe that there are many opportunities for making better use of mobile devices to improve patient care.
18 February 2019 @ 23:04
I don’t work for the NHS, but I would like to offer my independent opinion. The Smartphone could very well be a ubiquitous part of modern healthcare if the right people are part of the decision making! I have personally identified a revolutionary use case that would transform the lives of millions of people just here in the UK alone that will enable and encourage a more independent lifestyle as well as create a sustainable revenue stream towards aiding the said demographic alleviating a lot of strain from the government in terms of funding. Combined with IoT, wearables and integrated to SmartCity infrastructure, the opportunities of gathering vital medical stats as well as being able to react and respond to emergencies a lot faster and help reduce wait times in hospitals are all indeed a huge money saving for the government and NHS. The one caveat though is ‘Don’t try and make this work in silos or in a fragmented manner!’
18 February 2019 @ 21:55
I think your research needs to distinguish between actual healthcare and computer games offered as a cheaper substitute for healthcare. Oops, sorry, I quite forgot, the official story is that there is no such distinction. My mistake!
18 February 2019 @ 13:24
Hi
I think the survey has an issue as it is stuck on Q5-7 and returns to the same page when clicking Next with no error?
Gaz
18 February 2019 @ 13:46
Thanks, Gareth, for bringing this to our attention. Should be fixed now – let us know if you have any further problems. Apologies for the rather frustrating circle!
18 February 2019 @ 14:41
questions 23 and 24 don’t multi select like they need to
19 February 2019 @ 13:42
Well spotted Gaz. I stopped half way through as it started to feel like a sales pitch for tablets!