DigiHealth UK aims to harness technology and information to improve healthcare. Their vision is to use information and technology to make health and care better. They will do this by supporting national digital strategies like the NHS Five Year Forward View and Personalised Health and Care 2020, which aim to improve health outcomes through better use of data and technology. Their building an integrated, paper-free health and care system program has 10 domains and 33 programs to engage patients, improve triage and support for clinicians, transform general practice, digitize community pharmacy, and improve elective care referral management.

1. DigiHealth UK
Harnessing technology and
information for modern healthcare
presented by James Hawkins,
Director of Programmes

2. “Digital: Applying the culture, practices,
processes and technologies of the Internet-era
to respond to people’s raised expectations”
Tom Loosemore

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Our vision
To harness the power of
information and technology
to make health and care better

4. National digital strategy
NHS Five Year Forward View
• Published on 23 October 2014
• New shared vision for the future of
the NHS based around new models
of care
Personalised Health and Care 2020
• Published by National Information
Board on 13 November 2014
• Covers how better use of data and
technology has the power to
improve health, transform quality
and reduce cost of health and care
services
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6. Building an integrated, paper-free health and care system
10 domains with 33 programmes
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7. A
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Patient power Reduce pressure
on services
Wider
participation
Patient engagement: Self-care and prevention
Help patients to take control of their own health and
care and reduce the pressure on frontline services.

8. Anonymous visitor

9. Account verification

10. Smart content

11. Action list

12. B
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Better
triage
More support
for clinicians
Urgent and emergency care
Improve telephone and online triage and provide better technology
to support clinicians so that treatment is better targeted.

13. Online triage
(powered by
Digital 111)

14. C
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Reduced
GP burdens
New
online services
Transforming General Practice
Use technology to free GPs from time consuming
administrative tasks and provide patients with online services.
Better
performance

15. E
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Digitising
community pharmacy
New
care models
Accurate,
efficient prescribing
Digital medicines
Give patients greater choice, added convenience by enabling them to choose where,
when and how their medicines are delivered. Improve prescribing accuracy.

16. F
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Efficient
referral management
Patient
choice
Elective care
Improve referral management and provide a better treatment
choice for patients by automating referrals across the NHS.

17. Building an integrated, paper-free health and care system
10 domains with 33 programmes
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19. www.digital.nhs.uk
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