Ellis Ward’s Post

Recently, the UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt pledged a whopping £3.4 billion in funding to support digital transformation in the NHS. The IT systems in the NHS are massively outdated and have caused huge issues for the health service, including a worrying breach in the software that stored confidential patient files. The new funding will help to update MRI scanners with AI, automate back-office functions, digitalise patient records and give staff more easy-to-use tools to conduct their duties efficiently. It is predicted that the new digital transformation funding will help by cutting wait times, freeing up beds and generally making the service run quicker and smoothly. It's great to see important organisations like the NHS receive government-backed support for their digital transformation goals. This is a great example of how technology can be used for good! #digitaltransformation #NHS #healthcare #healthservice #health #UK #ukgovernment #AI

📝 Project explained. 𝐂𝐇𝐒-𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 was one of the 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐓 projects approved by 𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐀 4 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 2023. 🏘 In this inovative project, we do a Remote Monitoring of Routine in Homes for Early Detection of Dementia and Security Enhancement. ✔ Elderly patient centric health and social care management (using AI and LLM) ✔ Scalable multi-sided platform connecting patients, relatives/carers, healthcare workers and healthcare providers ✔ Improved decision making, bespoke care plans and identification of patients most prone to hospital admission ✔ Seamless recruitment and matching of healthcare workers with elderly patients. 👨⚕️ Good aging with quality of life must be of current and transversal importance. We believe that we can improve the world, project by project. #ITEA4 #ITEAOffice #ESSIPP #ESS #IPP #EUREKA #InnovationJourney #ProjectAnnouncement #TechExcellence #ITEA4Approved #ProjectExplained #ProjectApproved #Innovation

What are the 5 things the next UK government should prioritise to turn around health & social care? I was delighted to be asked to share my thoughts in The Times today. To future-proof the NHS, we need tech innovators working hand-in-glove with health & social care chiefs to build a new, preventative model of care for our ageing population - one where health risks are proactively predicted, prevented and managed, reducing hospitalisations. This is the time to embrace AI and not to fear it. With the #GeneralElection approaching in just a few short weeks - here are the 5 areas the next UK government must prioritise to turn around health and social care. 🏥 Taking care out of hospitals and into patients' homes and communities: this is more convenient, affordable and sustainable. 📱 Digitalising, like almost every sector has already. 📉 Focusing on prevention. ↔ Joining up health and social care, rather than sending patients from pillar to post between services. Tech will play a critical role here. 💡Embracing AI's potential to address workforce gaps, improve diagnostics, prognostics and treatment options - all within the important envelope of data privacy, patient safety and consent. #AI #innovation #prevention #healthandsocialcare #NHS #LondonTechWeek #GeneralElection https://lnkd.in/eNGmQRRE

Sure, but with no shortage of #AIhealthtech or desire, why is there desparately little emerging in care?🤔. That all sounds great, but who's the we in "We must..." and what does "embrace" mean? Answer?...the #gotocare framework - we've got >1000 GPs in London using an AI diagnostic triggering treatment in routine direct NHS care. Next stop?...national deployment Next step?...next batch of direct care pathway-first tech deployments. You've heard of GoToMarket - this is #GoToCare. and not just an endless string of failed pilots or yet another proof of effectiveness. Clinically-led nationwide implementation direct to care using clinical, regulatory and technical know-how and relationships. Sounds simple?...it's really not. But it is essential. Got other examples of #gotocare to share?....let's all help solve truly meaningful clinical implementation.

As part of its National Strategy for health and social care, the NHS plans to use AI to help improve the patient experience, give the workforce a helping hand and help the system run more efficiently. Here are 5 great use cases for OpenDialog that can help the NHS reduce costs and delays caused by operational inefficiency and save countless hours of admin work for staff. Find out more about OpenDialog's healthcare solutions here: https://lnkd.in/eM2KBNdd #NHS #DigitalHealth #Healthcare #ArtificialIntelligence #GenerativeAI #ConversationalAI #HealthcareInnovation #FutureOfHealthcare #HealthcareSolutions #HealthcareAI #AutomationForProductivity

AI can be the key to enhancing productivity and cost savings for the NHS! OpenDialog has a range of solutions that can help achieve these goals. From automating administrative tasks to transcribing medical consultations into patient health records, our AI can help streamline processes and improve patient care. Let us help you optimise your healthcare system today! #AI #healthtech #NHS #productivity #costsavings

Health Tech Online Panel Discussions : Aging-in-Place and Eldercare - 16 January. This informative interactive, online panel discussion takes place on 16 January. It is part of the TechBlick monthly Health Tech Series and is curated by Alfred Poor See agenda at https://lnkd.in/eYqSYgmR As healthcare has improved, people are living longer. Countries worldwide are dealing with aging populations and the increased demands to support the elderly. Technology holds great promise for meeting the needs of older populations, as well as those of their caregivers and families. This online discussion will explore a range of health tech applications, including remote monitoring, compensating for physical and cognitive impairments, and ways that AI-enabled technology can make in-home medical and care services more efficient and effective. You can register and find out more information on the monthly Health Tech Series at www.TechBlick.com #TechBlick #remotemonitoring #ai #cognitiveimpairments #healthtech  

Digital change offers an unprecedented opportunity to address the substantial burden of NCDs. However, the application of #digitaltechnologies needs to be thoughtfully aligned with public health functions, goals, and broader societal implications. #Digitalplatforms can serve as tools for better public #healthmonitoring, decision-making, as well as #publicengagement, and education. Digital solutions, such as #telehealth platforms and health monitoring #applications, may offer more scalable approaches by improving efficiency, effectiveness, and user experience. Digital health and #AI in particular have great potential to make public health and health care of NCDs more efficient, effective, user-friendly, and equitable: the quadruple aim. However, the success of #digital #publichealth and AI-supported public health measures will require clear criteria, monitoring, and benchmarks on how to achieve benefits for the majority while not putting minorities and vulnerable groups at a disadvantage. As such, AI explainability and unlearning of discriminatory or biased decision-making will be even more crucial for population-level decisions (which are common in public health, eg, regarding resource allocation) than in individual-level health care. Therefore, the close involvement of stakeholders, including patients, citizens, and vulnerable and minority populations, will be crucial in the development, roll out, and monitoring of AI-powered digital public health. Read the full report on Digital Transformation of Public Health for Noncommunicable Diseases: Narrative Viewpoint of Challenges and Opportunities. https://buff.ly/4bdxlAt #aihealth #digitialadoption #healthtechnology #remotecare #healthmonitoring #aitechnology

Mostly a 50,000 foot view with little in the way of detail and lots of 'buzz phrases' -- leveraging AI (we know), growing prevalence of health inequities (growing or just finally being recognized?), virtual care (finally not viewed as a threat but a cost-effective tool for expanded access), staffing shortages (everywhere), etc. What I find interesting is what's NOT here (past and future factors that are claimed to slow VBC adoption) -- the many challenges inherent in reimagining workflows and revenue streams, who's the arbiter of 'quality' and agreeing on metrics, , the issue of specialty VBC adoption, industry morale and post-C19 consumer mistrust, how the influx of a huge uninsured/federally subsidized demographic will affect profits/cost-shifting practices, driving down fraud/waste/abuse...I'm sure you can come up with others. As here many before me have said - healthcare is not easy, and it's personal. No one (not even Europe or Canada) does it perfectly. The take-away -- keep plugging.