DIGITAL HEALTH CARE
Driving Healthcare
Healthcare is leading the pack in some areas of technological innovation – but elsewhere it’s lagging behind in it journey to digital
BY NEIL EVANS
Health and care services are poised for a ‘real shift’ in the next few years as they embrace technology to cope with increas- ing demand. George Crooks, chief execu-
tive of the Digital Health & Care Institute said change will happen in the next three to five years, with the realisation that service delivery models cannot cope with pres- sures, such as an ageing population and a rise in long-term conditions. He will be addressing
FutureScot’s Digital Health & Care
conference in September, which is due to focus on a new era of healthcare in Scotland. In an age where many people
are now considered ‘digital natives’, Professor Crooks said healthcare was ahead of other sectors in terms of adopting tech- nology in some areas but needed to catch up elsewhere. He said: “It’s interesting to re-
flect that in some areas, healthcare is at the cutting edge of technology innovation – for example in gene sequencing and the development of targeted cancer therapies. “However, when it comes to
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high-volume citizen-facing ser- vices, the same cannot be said.” But he added: “We are begin-
ning to realise that understand- ing more about a person’s lived experience and knowing what is truly important to them can improve clinical decision making and allow people to more actively participate in the delivery of health and care services. “Te world is slowly changing
and I expect that over the next three to five years, there will be a real shift, as we realise current service delivery models cannot cope with the increasing de- mands being placed on them due to the challenges of ageing and the rise in long term conditions.” His session at the conference
will focus on community-based care models. He believes moving care from hospitals to the com- munity will increasingly become the norm over the coming years – where individuals and their fami- lies have more control over their
Professor George Crooks, Chief Executive of the Digital Health & Care Institute, will be among speakers at Digital Health & Care 2020 in September
care thanks to digital tools and services – but in an environment where adverse signs or symptoms can be detected early. DHI’s ‘Care 4.0’ aims to better
understand how co-managed care models can be made more scalable and sustainable. A collaboration
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