Good information and advice helps people take control of their health. We will use apps and online tools to provide more rapid and reliable information.
Shared information will help medical professionals in hospitals, GP practices, community teams, and social care to work together more effectively.
Technology will also help us to provide more reliable information for patients more quickly, and our clinicians will make sure technology is built in to new services.
Our ambition, supported by the ‘Local Digital Roadmap’ vision, is that by 2020 ‘patients and citizens, health and social care staff have access to quality, timely, and accurate information, regardless of place or time, to enable improved decision making and ultimately better outcomes for both the individual and the community’. We will deliver this in six themes:
• Data and information sharing
• Health apps
• Telehealth/remote monitoring
• Access
• Real-time information
• Health analytics