Making the future a reality: harnessing the potential of patient-facing tech in healthcare
A guide for NHS leaders and those leading the technology and transformational change agenda
NHS Confed has joined with Google Health to develop this guide to help advance the adoption of technology-enabled change in the NHS. It recognizes that “the future is already happening” and that patients want more control over their health with an enhanced role for technological support.
A patient story from the future (2027) extols the benefits of using technology including fewer visits to the GP and hospital. Healthcare is provided more proactively using readily-available information.
Health for Living would argue that much of this is available today although a naïve reliance on technology alone is unlikely to realise the full range of potential benefits. The challenge often is to make the most of what is already in place but under-exploited
The guide has some interesting NHS case studies: from Warrington and South Yorkshire. It contains a number of helpful pointers to the construction of a compelling business case for technology-led change.
