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The NHS Five Year Forward View highlights that the NHS will need to dissolve the traditional boundaries between primary care, community services and hospitals.
Find out moreThe NHS is at the forefront of the digital revolution, from the 100,000 Genomes Project to the development of digital pathology, we have seen huge advancements in the way technology and digital services can support a better patient experience and improve clinical outcomes.
This digital revolution will provide almost endless opportunities to harness new technologies and in doing so transform the way healthcare is delivered. However, this is not just about leveraging cutting edge technologies but is also about the fundamentals that need to be embedded, to ensure the cutting edge can flourish.
The digital revolution is not just about far-reaching, blue sky innovation, but about a balanced mixture of the ordinary and the extraordinary.
Digital technology will play an integral role in helping the NHS meet the ambitions set out in the Long-Term Plan, creating a service model fit for the 21st century. As critical as technology is to the digital revolution, it is the implication on NHS staff and patients which is most important. Empowering patients to take control of their care through digitally enabled services, while also supporting and equipping staff for a digital future are critical components to the transformation of the NHS over the next decade.
Here are some of the driving forces that we see as being critical to influencing the NHS digital agenda:
The creation of NHSX places an even sharper focus on harnessing technologies to transform healthcare. The Long Term Plan carries an aspiration to deploy digital across the health and care ecosystem. But what does that mean in practice, and how will the revolution become a reality?
FIND OUT MOREPatient-centred care has always been a key tenet for the NHS, but often organisations & structures within the system have not been fully enabled. What factors – organisational, political and cultural, as well as financial & technical – have created this environment, and how can they be overcome?
FIND OUT MORESustaining the scale and wellbeing of the NHS workforce remains one of its greatest challenges. How can the NHS develop new roles and skills to meet the growing demand for care? Could technology give staff more flexibility, increasing both job satisfaction and flexibility to achieve a better a better work/life balance?
FIND OUT MOREA lack of integration in our health and care system has remained a challenge since the inception of the NHS. The removal of health & care silos will allow organisations to work collaboratively, transforming our healthcare system. How can new digital ways of working be used to help deliver this integrated vision?
FIND OUT MOREThe pandemic has brought with it unprecedented challenges for society and health and care systems worldwide. But despite the incredible pressure that Covid has brought, it has acted as a catalyst for positive change. How can these changes be harnessed to build a stronger NHS in the long term?
FIND OUT MOREThe aspirations set out in the NHS Long Term Plan provide a far-reaching vision to transform the health & care of our society. Innovative infrastructure will be at the heart of new models of care and a key factor in delivering the vision of the Long Term Plan. How can we make sure infrastructure is considered from the outset?
FIND OUT MOREWe believe that successful transformation for health and care begins with a resolute focus on the organisation’s strategic priorities and objectives: only then can investment in new digital technologies and services be sure to increase operational efficiency and improve clinical outcomes.
Investing in a strong infrastructure foundation layer opens the door to digital innovation and higher potential for health and care. Delivering such infrastructure can be difficult and traditional approaches are no longer effective. Block’s experience, gained through hundreds of technology deployments, enables us to look at new ways of working, built on a modern and future proof foundation.
CCIO’s must address the limitations of legacy systems and navigate the possibilities of today’s technologies — from Artificial Intelligence to the cloud—while making investment decisions that anticipate advances in technology. Orchestrating the dynamic mix of yesterday, today and tomorrow technologies is critical.
The challenges brought about by the Covid pandemic have brought tremendous opportunities for healthcare to transform the way in which care is delivered. At Block, we are excited to help organisations effect change and meet not only those challenges but to surpass the aspirations that were already set in motion through the Long Term Plan. Marc Chang, CEO