Exploring the interoperability conundrum

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of interoperability in the NHS and strategies for achieving true digitalisation.

The latest episode of Unplugged, in partnership with BridgeHead Software, explores why the NHS must move beyond ‘analogue to digital’ to ‘digitalised’. Digital Health Unplugged host Jordan Sollof is joined by Adam Coombes, product owner, HealthStore at BridgeHead Software, and Andy Meiner, founder of SI Squared, to examine the hidden barriers to interoperability. The pair argue that data only becomes useful when enriched with structure, standards and metadata, before discussing why paper is still so deeply embedded in NHS workflows. They then outline the practical strategies organisations can use to unify and operationalise their data to help deliver the ambitions of the NHS 10 year health plan. Lastly, Coombes and Meiner offer one mindset shift and one practical step that chief information officers and chief clinical information officers should take to move towards true digitalisation. Guest: Adam Coombes, product owner, HealthStore at BridgeHead Software Andy Meiner, founder of SI Squared

People in this episode

Host: Jordan Sollof

Guests: Adam Coombes, Andy Meiner

Topics covered

• interoperability
• digital health
• NHS workflows
• data management
• healthcare technology

Keywords

• interoperability
• NHS
• digitalisation
• data
• healthcare

Sponsors

BridgeHead Software

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BridgeHead Software, NHS, SI Squared

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