Making Savings through the use of

Technology

Mark Callaghan

Objectives

• Explain why savings are necessary

• Explain how savings may be achieved

• Demonstrate that technology can deliver savings

• Theme - Information is key

Introduction

• Health and wellbeing affect all

• NHS facing ever increasing demand

• Health is dependent on technology

• Personalised healthcare

• Information is key

Policy

• Technology Enabled Care Services (TECS)

• 22nd September 2014. Sir Bruce Keogh letter to

stakeholders

• A shift in direction to TECS

• Global approach

• Technology is an enabler

Information

• 13th November 2014. Personalised Health and

Care 2020

• Online access to GP records

• Patients can record preferences alongside medical

records

• Real-time data available to healthcare

professionals

Information

• Interoperable systems

• Trusted smart-phone apps

• Patients will only have to tell story once

• NHS to be a hub for genomics research

Information case study - Leicester

• University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

• Frontline staff frustrations

• Nursing Technology Fund investment in mobile

devices

• Staff are more visible

Information case study - Oxford

• Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

• Automation of paper based early warning chart

• Safer Hospitals Safer Wards investment in an

electronic solution

• Staff have more time to care

My past, my present, my future

• My past

• My present

• My future

• Collect all of this information together

Information and Analytics

• Gather information + Analyse information =

Informed decision

Technology Assessment

• NICE Medical Technology Guidance

• Weigh up costs and benefits

• Informed decision

Early Intervention

• Benefit of reducing costs by reducing length of stay

in hospital

• Virtual ward concept

• Tele-health

Emerging Trends

• Wearable devices

• Linking monitoring data to Hospital Information

Systems (HIS)

• Anaesthetic Agent control

Conclusion

• The NHS is facing one of its greatest challenges:

improve health outcomes whilst reducing costs.

What role might technology play in meeting this

challenge?

• Information is key

• The challenge is to use the available information

wisely