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WEBINAR: What needs to happen if remote monitoring is to truly enhance patient outcomes and system efficiencies?
Tuesday 18 October 2022 – 10.30am-11.15am
Remote monitoring of patients quickly accelerated during the first phases of the pandemic, most notably via pulse oximetry for those with symptoms of the virus. Increasingly it has been posited that such monitoring could be valuable for patients with a much broader range of conditions, including chronic disease.
The argument is that remote monitoring would enable early intervention when required but reduce the number of unnecessary attendances at hospital – so improving patient experience and outcomes at the same time as reducing system pressures.
But can this reduction in unnecessary attendances and improvement in experience and outcomes really be realised via remote monitoring? Previous trials of what was generally referred to as telehealth have sometimes yielded mixed results, so what do we now know about how best to implement remote monitoring? What needs to happen if it to genuinely make a difference? How does it sit with the virtual wards concept being strongly pushed by NHS England?
This HSJ webinar, run in association with Objectivity, will bring together a small panel to discuss these issues.
Speakers
Iain Hennessey, consultant paediatric surgeon and director of innovation, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust
Iain Hennessey is the clinical director and co-founder of the innovation team at Liverpool’s Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Trust. He has been responsible for the creation of a state-of-the-art innovation hub and multiple technology programmes from AI to advanced materials. Iain still practises as a consultant paediatric and neonatal surgeon and is an honorary associate clinical professor at the University of Liverpool.
Claire Liddy, managing director of innovation, Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust
Claire Liddy is managing director of the innovation centre at Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust. She has over 20 years’ experience in healthcare roles, including in senior finance roles. Claire took up her current post in 2018 and works with a 30-strong team seeking to use technology to meet healthcare need. She is also a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) Digital Council and of the Liverpool City Region Innovation Board.
Julia Reynolds, associate director of transformation, Innovation Agency
Julia Reynolds is associate director for transformation at Innovation Agency, the academic health science network for the North West Coast. Her work involves developing and sustaining relationships which lead to projects to improve the health of the local population. This has included initiatives to improve digital pathways and exploring opportunities to use remote monitoring to better support patients. She currently leads on spread and adoption programmes in cardiovascular disease and respiratory, including stroke prevention, digital technology, patient activation, self-management and quality improvement. Julia has worked in the public sector for over 20 years in a range of regional and national knowledge and innovation organisations. She started her working life in health services research.
Andrew Smith, director of healthcare services, Objectivity
Andrew joined the NHS as part of the Financial Management Training Scheme, beginning his career at Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust. He subsequently joined the Department of Health, where over 10 years he worked on commercial and procurement policy and led several programmes at the interface of the NHS and the commercial sector. For the last few years, Andrew has focused on population health projects, working with a range of international companies and health systems. He is also a commercial adviser to a pharmacogenomics programme in Scotland. Andrew joined Objectivity in July 2021, where he and the team support healthcare organisations to deliver innovation and digitisation.
Holly Walton, research fellow, University College London Department of Applied Health Research
Holly Walton is a research fellow in the Department of Applied Health Research at University College London and holds a PhD in health psychology. She currently works as a researcher on the National Institute for Health and Care Research Rapid Service Evaluation Team (RSET). NIHR RSET, together with NIHR Birmingham, RAND Europe and Cambridge Evaluation (BRACE) Centre, has recently conducted a rapid evaluation of covid-19 remote monitoring services.
Chair
Claire Read, contributor, HSJ
Claire Read is a professional writer and editor who has specialised in healthcare throughout her 20-year career. She has been a regular contributor to HSJ since 2012 and has a particular interest in healthcare digitisation and technology.
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