Digital Health Today March 13, 2020
On March 4th, I attended the Digital Health Rewired conference in London on behalf of Digital Health Today. The attendees and presenters took every opportunity to highlight technologies and techniques for improving the efficiency of healthcare delivery globally. However, most sessions focused on the UK’s National Health Service (NHS).
Here are the three most important themes that I took away from the day.
Coronavirus Creates an Opportunity to Accelerate Digital Transformation.
In 2018, the NHS had an 8.5% vacancy rate (100,500 vacancies, including for doctors & nurses), the highest vacancy rate of any UK public sector service. Thus, many UK healthcare providers couldn’t design, develop and deploy digital transformation projects. However, there is an unprecedented level of citizen interaction with...