The Empowered Future of Healthcare with CEO of Digital Health and Care Wales, Helen Thomas #28
Two years ago the country’s healthcare response to Covid was immense, and wouldn’t have been possible without the digital advancements made in recent years.At the forefront of these changes as CEO of Digital Health and Care Wales is Helen Thomas, advocating the need to create a smoother care pathway that signals an end to outdated systems.Helen joins Katrina on Tied Together to consider how we integrate digital without limiting access to those less adept with tech, the data processing tools enabling Wales’ community pharmacies, and more on connecting healthcare services together.This episode of Tied Together covers:Healthcare providers’ shift away from dependency on paperBalancing digitisation with the need to maintain access for the less tech-literateWhich tools are enabling the NHS to handle the huge amount of data requiredHow the pandemic accelerated the focus on areas of improvementLinks and references: https://bit.ly/3CLJdbQ