pharmaphorum December 3, 2021
An online training academy that aims to raise the digital skills of NHS health and care workers is due to open its virtual doors next March, according to the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps (ORCHA).
The Digital Health Academy – developed with pharma company Boehringer Ingelheim – is part of a drive to get digital health tools and apps used more routinely in the management of health conditions, according to ORCHA.
The target is to actively engage with over 50,000 NHS workers from across the UK in the academy’s first year, and to improve the skills of all health and care professionals (HCPs) by 2031.
It comes after a difficult period during the pandemic in which...