Technology and data

Our work on health IT, digital health, patient data and information governance

Digital health and care congress 2019

This flagship event brings together leading health and care professionals who are interested in how data and technology can improve the care.

Digital change

Digital change in health and social care

The use of digital technology in health and social care can improve quality, efficiency and patient experience as well as supporting more integrated care and improving the health of a population. This report shares practical learning from a series of case studies where significant large-scale digital change is happening.

Data in the NHS

Using data in the NHS: the implications of the opt-out and GDPR

Harry Evans explores the use of data in the NHS, the systems in place for protecting it and what GDPR and the opt-out might mean for the future.

Eight technologies that will change health and care

The digital revolution: eight technologies that will change health and care

Discover the technologies likely to change health and care over the next few years: machine learning, blockchain, smartphones and more.

Is it possible to use the digitisation of the NHS to reach the furthest first?

The health and care system has historically been reliant on paper for sharing information about patients. Digitisation is inevitably changing that, but what impact does that have on those who are marginalised?

The King's Fund responds to the Topol review

The Topol review makes a number of welcome recommendations to create a digitally-savvy workforce with the knowledge and flexibility to embrace emerging technologies, according to Harry Evans, researcher at The King's Fund.

The NHS long-term plan explained

On 7 January, the NHS long-term plan was published setting out key ambitions for the service over the next 10 years. In this explainer, we set out the main commitments in the plan and provide our view of what they might mean, highlighting the opportunities and challenges for the health and care system as it moves to put the plan into practice.

Personalised health care: how can the NHS innovate at scale?

The NHS long-term plan: five things you need to know

The NHS long-term plan has been launched and long it indeed is, in every sense of the word, clocking in at a weighty 120 pages. Here’s my take on the top five things you need to know.

The King's Fund response to the NHS long-term plan

This is an ambitious plan that includes a number of commitments which – if delivered – will improve the lives of many people. NHS leaders should be applauded for focusing on improving services outside hospitals and moving towards more joined-up, preventative and personalised care for patients. But some significant pieces of the jigsaw are still missing, and there should be no illusions about the scale of the challenge ahead.

What’s in store for health and care?

Technology and the NHS estate: planning to support new models of care

Sharing health and care data: the reality of joining up IT systems

Digital health and care explained: demystifying the tech revolution in health and care

Artificial intelligence: what are the opportunities for health and care?

Using technology to build a partnership of trust with patients

Chris Ham explores how technology can enable positive clinician-patient relationships and support patients to take an active role in their health and wellbeing.

David Maguire and Matt Honeyman: Managing digital change successfully in health and social care

In a keynote address at our Digital health and care congress in July 2018, David Maguire and Matt Honeyman discuss findings from our recent report on large-scale digital change.

Panel discussion: What makes the implementation of digital health innovations a success?

In this panel session from our Digital health and care congress in July 2018, our speakers share their thoughts on what makes the implementation of digital health a success.

Panel discussion: Managing digital change in health and social care

In the opening plenary from our Digital health and care congress in July 2018, our panel reflect on managing digital change successfully in health and social care.

The NHS app: will it work?

Matt Honeyman considers the opportunities and challenges ahead for the NHS’s national app due by the end of 2018.

Chris Gibson: Lessons from military medicine on how to innovate

Lt Col Chris Gibson gives the keynote address at our event in June 2018, Innovation in health and care: overcoming the barriers to adoption and spread.

Liz Mear: Spreading the adoption of innovation into practice

Chief Executive of the Innovation Agency Liz Mear speaking at our event in June 2018, Innovation in health and care: overcoming the barriers to adoption and spread.

Managing digital change in health and care

The NHS at 70: What will new technology mean for the NHS and its patients?

Technology is rarely the saviour of health services in the way that politicians hope – at least in the short term. It takes time to implement, requires shifts in workforce, and investment – posing real dilemmas for a cash-strapped NHS.

Technology in health and social care reading list

A selected list of references held by The King's Fund library.