Tag: Digital Health
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Digital health needs to embrace clinical complexity
In online discussions around digital clinical systems there are some evergreen positions that have recently resurfaced… Why can’t my EPR be just like my Apple/Google/Other product. These “just work” and don’t need to be taught to users… Any clinical system that needs users to be trained is too complex and shouldn’t be used… Whilst I…
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What does ‘Digital First’ really mean in healthcare
Initially posted to Medium 18th July 2020Digital First is a bold statement of intent in healthcare, but one that, counterintuitively, poses a risk to meaningful digital transformation of services. In the NHS Long Term Plan, Digital First is used to describe providing remote consultations that “…allow for longer and richer face-to-face consultations with clinicians where…
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A draft data strategy (or manifesto)
Recently we’ve been revisiting our thinking around an organisational data strategy. For me, this means getting some sound principles discussed and agreed. A first pass at writing some ideas down feels a bit more like a data manifesto but (I think) gives a possible starting point. As a disclaimer, while I refer to my organisation,…
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Digital by design, not by default
Recently a colleague described a possible future for our hospital group as ‘Digital By Default’. This tagline isn’t new, having been popularised by the UK Government Digital Service. However, it’s worth reminding ourselves and others that this was not intended to position digital as a pre-selected option, but was much more ambitious: “By digital by default,…
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Designing Digital Health Documents
I’ve had a few discussions recently about the principles we (try) to apply when building new documents in our EPR (acute provider with several specialist services). Embarrassingly these have been held between various ears rather than written down. This is a non-exhaustive, no particular order first pass at trying to put this right! 1. The document…