Abstract
In November 2019, the IET Healthcare sector organised the inaugural Think Big Future Health & Life Science event. During the event, we took the opportunity to speak to Dr Guy Gross, Consultant at LaingBusion, about the process of implementing digital health products within the NHS.
Guy said that we are moving towards a world where some of these things are becoming possible and that’s only because of the world of integrated care. We are moving from a transactional relationship from the commission and the provider, to a more consistent long-term view of relationships between commissioners and their patients as a partner. As this partnership strengthens in an integrated care environment, between your GP, hospital visits, community management, personal care management, health management, become management under one banner. You are then able to see how that gives an opportunity to cross talking and embed platforms. But it’s only really in that environment where we see relevant uptake. There needs to be way of overlaying on the transactional relationship within those pathway designs if you really want to succeed.
