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Digital health and care congress 2019

This flagship event brought together leading health and care professionals interested in how data and technology can improve health and 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.

Fran Draper – Connecting Care in the South West: six years of innovation

In this session at the Digital health and care congress 2019, Fran Draper shared practical advice on tackling information sharing at scale, including how to productively work with a wide range of partners across health and care.

Neil Tester: The empowered patient

Neil Tester, Deputy Director, Healthwatch England delivered the opening plenary on day two of The King's Fund 2019 Digital health and care congress.

Matt Hancock at Digital health and care congress 2019

Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care gives the closing plenary at The King's Fund 2019 Digital health and care congress.

Public services: how can we design digital pathways for all groups in society?

Rose Gray: How can we explain artificial intelligence (AI) and its application in health care?

Rose Gray, Policy Manager at Cancer Research UK, outlines what AI is and its application in different health care settings.

Indra Joshi: What does the digital experience look like for patients at the moment?

Indra Joshi, Digital Health and AI Clinical Lead, NHS England, explores why patient experience needs to be at the heart of digital innovations in health and care.

What does NHSX have to learn from other countries’ experiences of digitisation in health systems?

As NHSX is set to begin work on digital transformation in the NHS, Matthew Honeyman reports on discussions from the European Health Policy Group’s most recent meeting and considers what the NHS can learn from other systems.

Clicks and mortar: Technology and the NHS estate

Financial pressures and growing demand mean that health and social care services will need to work differently. This report reviews how technology in the NHS estate is currently being used, and imagines how the 'estate of the future' might look.

Population health management: using data to inform strategy

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?

Technology in health and social care reading list

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