Digital Health October 16, 2023
The term virtual wards can be “misleading” as it implies the involvement of virtual reality and high-level technology, speakers told a session at The King’s Fund’s Digital Health and Care Congress Thursday.
In the opening session of the event, titled ‘Ensuring digital health care works for people who draw on services’, the panel unanimously agreed that the term ‘virtual wards’ is not the most appropriate for what is actually a low technology solution.
Jacob Lant, chief executive of National Voices, pointed out that “some prefer the term ‘hospital at home’ as it is a very low tech solution”.
He was joined by Helen Dobson, managing director at Citizens Online, who stressed that she wants “technology to be positive, not further...
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