Digital Health Rewired 2024: The Silver Buck Review
We’re still buzzing from this week’s Digital Health Rewired event which saw over 3,600 delegates and suppliers descend on the NEC in Birmingham. We were fortunate enough to be the PR partners for Rewired for the fifth year and it was great to spend time listening to inspirational speakers, catching up with friends and viewing some of the amazing technologies supporting the digital health sector. Here’s some of our top 5 takeaways from the conference.
1. Embracing Change
Dr Vin Diwakar, Medical Director of Transformation at NHS England highlighted how we need to remember what the ‘prize’ is in our industry. It isn’t just about implementations and go-lives, it’s about delivering meaningful change enabling healthcare professionals to use their time to do the things that matter for their patients. By embracing change, it can fuel innovation and growth.
2. Collaboration is key
One key theme throughout the event was the importance of collaboration; between organisations, teams, and with suppliers. There felt like a collective realisation that there are different ways of doing things, whether that’s sharing best practice with neighbouring trusts, or challenging suppliers on their traditional approaches. This shift is enabling innovation to happen at an accelerated pace.
3. The need for evidence
The Spring Budget was a key topic on day two which reignited the focus on NHS productivity targets, emphasising the need for robust evidence and proof points. It’s crucial for suppliers to collaborate with care providers to carefully consider the metrics that matter. When communicating the benefits of any solution, how it helps users be more productive and make workload more manageable should be central to the message to avoid misconceptions about ‘productivity’ meaning intensified work and job reductions.
4. Cultivating leadership skills
The event spotlighted the importance of cultivating strong leadership skills and how effective leadership can drive positive change within organisations. It also shined a spotlight on the need to help support the next generation of digital leaders. It addressed what the current challenges are in terms of time, training, clarity – and explored what issues may be on the horizon in the future.
5. Diversity in health tech
It was great to watch the Shuri Network graduation ceremony which promoted the current intake of digital fellows and reinforced the positive impact that BAME women are having in health tech. The ceremony highlighted how these amazing women demonstrate resourcefulness, pioneering spirit, authenticity and outstanding commitment to patient care.
The Shuri Network also invited signatories to an open letter against discrimination in the digital health industry which calls for the adoption of an equity charter. See link in the comments.t was great to watch the Shuri Network graduation ceremony which promoted the current intake of digital fellows and reinforced the positive impact that BAME women are having in health tech. The ceremony highlighted how these amazing women demonstrate resourcefulness, pioneering spirit, authenticity and outstanding commitment to patient care.
The Shuri Network also invited signatories to an open letter against discrimination in the digital health industry which calls for the adoption of an equity charter.
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