making savings through the use of technology
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Making Savings through the use of
Technology
Mark Callaghan
Objectives
• Explain why savings are necessary
• Explain how savings may be achieved
• Demonstrate that technology can deliver savings
• Theme - Information is key
Introduction
• Health and wellbeing affect all
• NHS facing ever increasing demand
• Health is dependent on technology
• Personalised healthcare
• Information is key
Policy
• Technology Enabled Care Services (TECS)
• 22nd September 2014. Sir Bruce Keogh letter to
stakeholders
• A shift in direction to TECS
• Global approach
• Technology is an enabler
Information
• 13th November 2014. Personalised Health and
Care 2020
• Online access to GP records
• Patients can record preferences alongside medical
records
• Real-time data available to healthcare
professionals
Information
• Interoperable systems
• Trusted smart-phone apps
• Patients will only have to tell story once
• NHS to be a hub for genomics research
Information case study - Leicester
• University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
• Frontline staff frustrations
• Nursing Technology Fund investment in mobile
devices
• Staff are more visible
Information case study - Oxford
• Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Automation of paper based early warning chart
• Safer Hospitals Safer Wards investment in an
electronic solution
• Staff have more time to care
My past, my present, my future
• My past
• My present
• My future
• Collect all of this information together
Information and Analytics
• Gather information + Analyse information =
Informed decision
Technology Assessment
• NICE Medical Technology Guidance
• Weigh up costs and benefits
• Informed decision
Early Intervention
• Benefit of reducing costs by reducing length of stay
in hospital
• Virtual ward concept
• Tele-health
Emerging Trends
• Wearable devices
• Linking monitoring data to Hospital Information
Systems (HIS)
• Anaesthetic Agent control
Conclusion
• The NHS is facing one of its greatest challenges:
improve health outcomes whilst reducing costs.
What role might technology play in meeting this
challenge?
• Information is key
• The challenge is to use the available information
wisely