The Digital Health & Care Institute : Board Meeting : Tuesday 3rd September 2019

Minutes of the DHI Board Meeting of Tuesday 3rd September 2019

The Digital Health & Care Institute : Board Meeting : Thursday 22nd November 2018

Minutes of the DHI Board Meeting of Thursday 22nd November 2018

The Digital Health & Care Institute : Board Meeting : Wednesday 27th November 2019

Minutes of the DHI Board Meeting of Wednesday 27th November 2019

The Digital Health & Care Institute : Board Meeting : Wednesday 22nd May 2019

Minutes of the DHI Board Meeting of Wednesday 22nd May 2019

Scoping Review of the Literature on Workforce Models, Workforce Planning and Development Approaches [Appendix 1]

This paper provides a scoping review of the literature on workforce models and workforce planning and development approaches relevant to the specialist data, information and knowledge workforce in health and social care. The search of the bibliographic databases (see appendix B for search strategy) initially identified 69 potentially relevant papers; further focus identified 18 potentially relevant papers; detailed review identified 11 relevant papers. The identified grey literature related wholly to public health workforce development (England and Scotland); and existing frameworks, which are covered in the paper providing the high level mapping of relevant existing capability/competency/ career frameworks (August 2018). This paper outlines the findings of the published literature

Our Time to Shine : Empowering the Data, Information and Knowledge Workforce as a Driving Force for Digital Health and Care

This report summarises the outcomes of a scoping study of the Specialist Data, Information and Knowledge workforce across Scotland’s health and care. It draws together the results of a literature review, mapping of current capability frameworks, stakeholder interviews, a national survey and roundtable consultation. It aims to inform implementation planning for the Workforce Capability Domain of the Digital Health and Care Strategy , and development of the informatics capability within Public Health Scotland. Part 1 of this report presents the major conclusions from the study as a basis for moving forward: * Key overall message. * Three priorities to create a growth mindset to realise the full potential of this workforce. * Recommendations for development – including quick wins and longer term development. Part 2 provides more detail on the study approach and results which underpin the overall conclusions. This section includes project sponsorship, policy context, methodology and key points about current state and challenges for this workforce

Care 4.0 : An Integrated Care Paradigm Built on Industry 4.0 Capabilities

This paper provides an overview of trends in Scottish health and social care policy, summarises an emerging Industry 4.0 toolset that is transforming other sectors and then demonstrates the use of this toolset for optimisation of transactional healthcare provision. It then argues that there is little progress in the use of these capabilities for integrated, person-centred care services

Patient characteristics associated with objective measures of digital health tool use in the United States: A literature review.

The study sought to determine which patient characteristics are associated with the use of patient-facing digital health tools in the United States.We conducted a literature review of studies of patient-facing digital health tools that objectively evaluated use (eg, system/platform data representing frequency of use) by patient characteristics (eg, age, race or ethnicity, income, digital literacy). We included any type of patient-facing digital health tool except patient portals. We reran results using the subset of studies identified as having robust methodology to detect differences in patient characteristics.We included 29 studies; 13 had robust methodology. Most studies examined smartphone apps and text messaging programs for chronic disease management and evaluated only 1-3 patient characteristics, primarily age and gender. Overall, the majority of studies found no association between patient characteristics and use. Among the subset with robust methodology, white race and poor health status appeared to be associated with higher use.Given the substantial investment in digital health tools, it is surprising how little is known about the types of patients who use them. Strategies that engage diverse populations in digital health tool use appear to be needed.Few studies evaluate objective measures of digital health tool use by patient characteristics, and those that do include a narrow range of characteristics. Evidence suggests that resources and need drive use

Baseline Workforce Survey [Appendix 4]

This baseline survey of the specialist data, information and knowledge (SDIK) workforce in health and care in Scotland was designed to: • Provide an initial indicative description of that workforce as a baseline foundation for the next stages. • Seek confirmation (or otherwise) of the initial statement of scope of the Specialist Data, Information and Knowledge workforce in health and care (see appendix A) • Explore the future needs of SDIK staff in relation to: • Skills development • New ways of working Strategic stakeholder engagement and a scoping literature review undertaken to inform the development of the initial statement of scope of the SDIK workforce showed that this workforce is currently ill-defined, and relatively ‘invisible’ in terms of workforce planning and development. As such, it was anticipated that survey would be very much a baseline exploration. As such, the dissemination of the survey was through extensive use of known networks and communication channels. The survey was live from 7th December 2018 to 8th February 2019. See Appendix B for survey questionnaire