2021 predictions: Digital health leaders on what lies ahead
Digital Health News asked NHS IT leaders what they think lies ahead for the digital health landscape in 2021 – here’s what they had to say.
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How to build and enable digital teams focus of NHS Providers guide
The next part of the Digital Boards programme has been published by NHS Providers, with focus on how to build and enable digital teams.
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NHS Providers report highlights digital transformation during Covid-19
A new report by NHS Providers says digital transformation during Covid-19 has been impressive but now needs additional investment and clear policy support.
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NHS Providers publishes guidance on NHS boards supporting digital
A guide designed to help trust leaders support NHS boards to lead their organisations into the next stage of digitisation has been published.
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Driving innovation a key theme at Parliament and Health Tech conference
Representatives from technology companies, NHS organisations and accelerators heard from expert panels about the future of health tech at the event.
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Digital roadmaps deadline “Unrealistic” – IT directors
Some NHS IT directors have called the deadlines for digital roadmaps “unrealistic” but NHS England remains confident that “most” plans will be lodged by the end of the month.
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Local digital roadmaps: a long way to go, not much time to get there
Isabel Lobo, senior healthcare analyst at NHS Providers, discusses some of the issues raised by a survey of trust informatics directors on the local digital roadmap process.
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Digital maturity: what does it mean, and how are we doing?
Cindy Fedell, director of informatics at Bradford Teaching Hospitals and chair of the NHS Providers Informatics Leadership Network, considers the pros and cons of NHS England’s Digital Maturity Index.
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CCGs ‘must consult’ on digital roadmaps
Clinical commissioning groups must work closely with all local health providers to develop and deliver local digital roadmaps, NHS Providers and trust IT experts have argued.
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