How a digitally integrated health information system will improve healthcare, patient experience and outcomes  

Doncaster is the largest Metropolitan Borough in England with a population of 304,200 people.

Katie and Mark discuss how the Integrated Doncaster Care Record (iDCR) joins up information across care pathways and settings so that health and care practitioners have easy access to all the information they need to provide high quality, safe and effective services.

Our opening discussion focuses on our future ehealth strategy, the Digital Health Strategic Framework 2023-2030, progress with EHR and shared care record programme, the roadmap and investment case for EHR deployment.

• What has been the greatest enabler to meaningful transformation in healthcare?
• What tools, technologies or approaches to transformation have the real potential to improve health and care outcomes and how do we harness them appropriately to deliver ROI?
• What problems in healthcare must be addressed to scale access and adoption of data-driven technology to improve patient outcomes?
• How to ensure policy, guidance and funding are fit for purpose to enable truly connected, integrated, person-centred care

Showcasing the best examples of how digital is enabling health service transformation at scale in the health service. Learn lessons from healthcare leaders who will share their experiences of implementing successful digital transformation programmes.

The place for innovative companies to present ground-breaking technology for digital healthcare. We will give start-up and young companies a wonderful platform to deliver their projects and innovative ideas.

Solutions include:

• A disruptive motion capture technology platform for gait analysis in healthcare settings
• A multi-faceted emotional/mental health digital support solution with a private voice diary at it’s core
• AI-driven solutions to minimise healthcare professionals’ administrative tasks and enhance the quality of patient care
• A digital tool for patients to access and manage healthcare appointments, while also making the burden of managing multiple appointments easier on healthcare providers
• An innovative digital health company developing a first-of-its-kind menopausal symptom tracker to guide diagnosis and management of peri-menopause.

Healthcare is facing challenges in both recruiting into the sector and equipping the staff it does have with the digital skills they need:

• What are the skills gaps and what does good look like?
• Technologies for care: The imperative for upskilling carers
• How much are we committed to investing in the workforce? 
• How do we retain staff once we’ve invested in digital upskilling and career development?
• How do we make a career in health and care more compelling and competitive – how do we attract digital talent?

A vision for the future: How we are moving towards an independent federation of digitised patient registries.

Feedback and discussion on each innovation…

Shared health and care records remain an essential tool for delivering integrated care. The Lancashire and South Cumbria Shared Care Record is a comprehensive Shared Care Record, which integrates health and social care organisations across Cumbria and Lancashire. We’ll hear how it’s enabling better care outcomes for people no matter which part of the health and care system they use.

• The importance of building trust in digital health 
• Encouraging patients to take more responsibility in managing their own care, embedding it as the new norm for the younger generations 
• Upskilling the workforce before the patient 
• Identifying and overcoming barriers ensuring apps are user friendly 
• Challenges: Privacy and security concerns, integrating digital health tools with existing healthcare systems
• How to ensure rollout is inclusive to all

Hear about the fast-tracked rollout of innovative teledermatology technologies that will  benefit thousands of skin cancer patients nationwide.

Digital therapeutics (DTx) are changing healthcare delivery with evidence-based technologies that improve patient outcomes: What are the challenges getting these solutions to market?

Regulation and reimbursement are key to the adoption and implementation of digital health technologies. In addition, the technologies must be equitable and easy to adopt by the workforce and patients – important challenges to adoption include a change of culture, digital literacy, and incentives. Many countries have been slow to update legislation and guidance for this relatively new field in healthcare and struggled with the challenges: data security and privacy, interoperability.