Becker's Healthcare February 11, 2019
Eric Topol, MD, founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in La Jolla, Calif., prepared an independent report for the U.K. National Health Service, outlining how the hospital workforce can prepare for the “digital future.”
Within the next 20 years, approximately 90 percent of all jobs in the NHS workforce will require some type of digital skills, according to the report.
“The next decade presents an opportunity to address data governance and cybersecurity concerns, agree ethical frameworks, and develop NHS staff/organizations to implement genomics and digital technologies in the workplace,” Dr. Topol wrote. “The complexity of data governance requirements should not be a reason for inaction.”
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