CALDERDALE AND HUDDERSFIELD NHS
Digital
leaders of the NHS
The pandemic sped up the other parts of their digital strategy . " COVID-19 has been a challenge for us all , but it really accelerated our digital maturity and enabled us to achieve more in 12 months than we would ordinarily ," she says .
Their next areas of focus include integration and interoperability . " Our strategy is to have one source of the truth and make sure our peripheral systems are connected into the EPR . One of our best strategies is to share information as widely and broadly as we can , so wherever our patients are being cared for , the healthcare professional has access to that information . We also want our patients to have access to it . We ' re fortunate because we have digital systems in our hospital that enable us to do that , and in many cases , we ' re at the forefront of some of that innovation ."
Over the last year , the importance of having access to rich data has become clear and has
“ The technology will work as it is intended , but you need to bring the people that are going to be using it along with you ”
MANDY GRIFFIN MANAGING DIRECTOR , CALDERDALE AND HUDDERSFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
helped inform several of the trust ' s policies . " Some of the decisions we ' ve made at board level around health inequalities , learning disabilities , and the more deprived parts of our local population have been instrumental in connecting us to patients that need us most . We ' ve been able to connect with patients , relatives , and clinicians on a more virtual basis ,
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