Andy Kinnear, former NHS CIO and now Independent Consultant, reflects on how NHS England’s digital focus is now clearly rooted in 3 main areas, topics which were reflected at this year’s HSJ Digital Transformation Summit.
Digital transformation in healthcare will fail without early and active clinician involvement, according to Daniel Johnston, MRes, RN, Associate Chief Nursing Informatics Officer at Imprivata and a practicing nurse with over two decades of experience in the UK and US.
After so much physical distance, it was good to attend this year’s Digital Health Summer School event – in person! – hosted by the University of York. The networking opportunities were highly appreciated and the energy that comes from being back together was palpable by all.
As aways, there was an impressive range of speakers and ideas – so impressive that I wanted to make sure they received the time and attention they deserve. I’ve summarised some thinking from a few sessions that really struck a chord for me:
Digital identity (ID) used to be the new perimeter, but that’s already outdated thinking. According to Joy Chik, Corporate Vice President, Identity Division at Microsoft, Digital ID is the new control plane, not just for users, but for everyone and everything. And at Imprivata we believe that this is certainly true for the re-imagined healthcare sector that we see today.
Digital identity is not just a component of healthcare’s digital transformation, but a cornerstone of it, chief medical officer at Imprivata, Dr Sean Kelly, exclusively told Digital Health News.
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I was recently invited to join a thought leadership panel discussion on Digital Trusts, Digital Teams, Measuring Value and Demonstrating Impact. Essentially, this was a discussion about ‘What good looks like’. All of these topics are very close to my heart, so I was delighted to accept. The discussion was part of the HTN Now series of live online events that are completely free for NHS employees to attend – and open to anyone else to join.
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