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Our CEO’s Insights from HLTH 2024 conference: Transformative Trends and the Future of Healthcare. Hear directly from our CEO as she shares her takeaways from HLTH 2024. Explore her perspective on innovations, socially prescribed care, and the policy changes that will shape healthcare’s next chapter.! Read more here: https://hubs.li/Q02WvSnP0

Digital health was in the spotlight last week in the UK as the Darzi Commission issued their comprehensive report following a three-year investigation of the country’s public healthcare system, the NHS. The report highlighted both NHS’s strengths and its current challenges, laying out a bold, tech-driven vision for the future of healthcare. Learn about the report’s key findings in the article written by our Managing Director for the UK, Jonathan Boakes. ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/dQcA5Vb5

Silent Temporal Politics in Healthcare: In the realm of healthcare policy and reform, time isn't just a measure—it's a political tool. Our study (with Sue Dopson, Ewan Ferlie, Prof Michael Fischer, louise fitzgerald, Jean Ledger, PhD and Chris Bennett ) published in Organization Studies explores "temporal politics" in a management consultancy project aimed at redesigning public healthcare. Our findings have profound implications for policymakers navigating reform. The study examines how distinct groups—consultants, senior health managers, and local clinicians—approach time differently. Consultants, driven by short-term goals and rapid project cycles, framed challenges in a way that legitimized swift, top-down changes. Senior health managers, under pressure to deliver measurable efficiency gains, aligned with this approach. In contrast, local healthcare managers and clinicians, focused on sustainable, long-term outcomes, resisted the pace of change imposed by the consultants. At the heart of this conflict were "boundary objects," such as pre-designed PowerPoint templates and rigid timelines, which consultants used to enforce their approach. While these tools were meant to facilitate collaboration, they often silenced local voices and overlooked contextual realities. This created "provisional temporal settlements"—short-term agreements that temporarily resolved conflict but left unresolved issues to fester. For policymakers, the study highlights a critical tension in healthcare reform: the clash between the urgency of efficiency targets and the complexity of local, long-term needs. It underscores the risks of imposing external solutions without deep engagement and contextual understanding. Rapid interventions may deliver immediate results but can jeopardize the sustainability of reforms. As healthcare systems worldwide face mounting challenges, this research urges policymakers to balance short-term imperatives with the need for inclusive, long-term planning. Acknowledging and addressing the silent politics of time can lead to reforms that are not only effective but enduring. https://lnkd.in/eRB3D5by https://lnkd.in/erGa2Msr

Transformational change is underway in healthcare—and varying forces are accelerating the evolution. Chartis CSO Cindy Lee discusses the 5 forces making the most impact and next steps for healthcare leaders: https://bit.ly/3TqrbVt

We speak a lot about the problems with healthcare. We do not address how we can assist and empower people personally. Please find the link to an article I recently had published. https://lnkd.in/gAN8SvyZ

Whatever the result of tomorrow's General Election, it’s likely that we’ll have a new Secretary of State for Health in the next few weeks. We asked eight digital healthcare leaders to tell us what they want from the incoming Health Secretary and how the digital healthcare agenda can be moved forward by the next government. Hear from Beverley Bryant, Dr Thomas Oakley, Andy Kinnear, Rachel Dunscombe, Jim Ritchie, Simon Bowers, Thomas Webb and Tracey Watson on: ✅ redesigning the NHS's underlying operating model to change how and where funding is controlled and decisions are made ✅ the future of AI in the health service ✅ how - and why - to optimise and standardise clinical software ✅ why we should take an integrated care approach when it comes to frontline digitisation ✅ the need to tailor digital support for primary care providers The NHS faces a time of uncertainty and transition as the baton of digital healthcare is passed to a new government - but there are lots of opportunities to take a fresh approach to digital transformation and optimise the systems already in place to provide better patient outcomes. #GeneralElection #NHS #DigitalHealthcare https://lnkd.in/eHVnE4yG

Healthcare organizations are still parsing the HTI-2 proposed rule just released for public comment by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).    Pivot Point Consulting’s SVP and management consulting leader Kulwant Gill was one of the experts called upon by Andrea Fox of Healthcare IT News to make sense of the proposal to improve health information exchange among providers, public health agencies and payers. Gill spoke about how access to holistic medical histories and trusted data is critical to an ever-expanding value-based care environment and the ability to better predict financial and operational implications and build action plans.   Read more: https://lnkd.in/e2q9KvvD I #Interoperability #HealthIT #EHR #ValueBasedCare #HealthPolicy #DataSharing #ONC

The article "Revolutionizing Healthcare: The Critical Importance of Health Data Interoperability in 2024" compellingly argues that seamless data sharing across healthcare systems is essential for improving patient care, reducing costs, and enhancing public health outcomes. #Healthcare #Interoperability #DigitalTransformation #HealthIT #PatientCare #Servicenow

Scalability and sustainability are two of the primary barriers to healthcare innovation. A great tool or strategy won't succeed if it can't expand past the small pilot and prove itself across a larger network or population. As #HLTH2024 kicked off this week in Las Vegas, HealthLeaders' Eric Wicklund is there to cover it all. He says that behind the glitz and glamour and the celebrities gracing the main stage, questions remain: What new idea really will take hold and change a struggling industry for the better? And what hard questions should executives be asking themselves as they evaluate each new technology and strategy? For Kaiser Permanente Chair and CEO Greg Adams, that answer may lie in Risant Health, the company launched a year ago to drive #valuebasedcare by creating a national network of high-performing health systems. "Our healthcare system is not living up to its full potential," he said during a main stage interview to kick off HLTH. "It's time for us to lead. It's time for us to be bold. It's time for us to take risks." Follow Eric and don't miss our live coverage (https://lnkd.in/eSbVt_Qy).

Susannah Fox, former chief technology officer for the HHS, describes the reality of navigating today's healthcare system as a dark labyrinth. Our one advantage? We aren't alone in there. In my latest interview at Freethink, I speak with Fox about her new book, "Rebel Health," and how technology empowers us to solve the maze. Some things I learned speaking with Fox: - A major problem with the current healthcare system is that people feel invisible and that their needs aren't being met. A diagnosis and regimen isn't the same as helping something through the process. - We've been here before. Previously, patient-led revolutions such as AA, ACT UP, and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation helped people who's needs weren't being met by established healthcare system. - Partnerships between these patient-led revolutions and the authorities improved healthcare for the better after. - Technology has created more opportunities by giving seekers, networkers, solvers, and champions the power to connect with each other regardless of location, etc. "The fundamental message is that we all have something to learn, and we all have something to teach, and the internet makes that more visible and possible." Check out the full interview to learn more, and thank you, Susannah, for the fascinating conversation!