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    Industry perspectives

    Insightful long reads from global health and care leaders

    Healthcare is too important to stay the same, so be inspired by these industry thought pieces to come up with new theories and practices, and collaborate with others to build a seamless and connected world where everyone thrives.

    A person-centred, digital-first approach to recovery
    Patricia Wynn | 6/1/2022
    Ensuring that patient pathways are digitally enabled and person centred is critical to tackling the elective backlog, writes Patricia Wynn.
    Medical professional in discussion with patient
    Healthy Wirral Partners: Primary care networks - digitally enhanced structured medication reviews
    Cerner | 9/27/2021
    Optimising medicine reviews as part of a wider population health management approach.
    Using data science to support people with learning disabilities
    Dr Paula Cowan | 9/22/2021
    In preparation for winter 2020 – and in the midst of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic – Healthy Wirral Partners used data science to identify the risk factors contributing to admission from seasonal flu.
    The importance of standards and the interoperability journey
    Andrea Dantas, Tim James | 7/21/2021
    A citizen’s journey across the health and social care system is made up of a multitude of intricate steps and interactions, with a wealth of data to understand and interpret.
    Using joined-up data to enhance prescribing practice for population health management
    Ryan Irwin | 6/17/2021
    Integrated care systems have a key focus on improving population health outcomes and reducing health inequalities between different groups within their local area.
    Relieving health inequity in elective care access after the pandemic
    Andrew Moran | 6/9/2021
    It’s clear that coronavirus affects people disproportionately – those who live in more deprived areas, and those from BAME backgrounds have been unduly affected. The reasons for variation in COVID prevalence are not new; the inequalities existed well before COVID and will persist long afterwards.
    A look into HIE adoption: the future of record-sharing initiatives is bright, IF we learn from past experiences
    Cerner | 12/21/2020
    The last few months have seen an increase in the acceleration of record-sharing initiatives across England, with some areas getting particular traction – But, what can be learnt from the fantastic work that has been done so far in these regions? What story are the usage stats telling us? and, do adoption figures really tell the full story or are there additional factors that must be considered?
    Population health, primary care networks and personalisation: Using data to transform care and improve health outcomes
    Ryan Irwin | 9/16/2020
    The need for a sharpened focus on population health has increased following the global onset of COVID-19. As well as the human impact of loss, the pandemic has surfaced the inequalities existent in society, specifically the difference in health outcomes that exist across populations.
    Capacity management and patient throughput: patient-centred
    Cerner | 11/29/2019
    The purpose of this whitepaper is to describe patient throughput, appreciate the research that has been conducted to date, understand what Cerner is doing to help clients, and identify other methods to help organisations with patient throughput.
    Population health management
    Factors to help successfully manage high-risk populations
    Dr Bharat Sutariya | 8/5/2019
    With one in twenty people qualifying as high-risk, and one in five part of the rising risk population, targeting and supporting these populations to reduce their risk is an essential component of population health.
    Family
    Collaborating for paediatric excellence
    Cerner | 8/5/2019
    Cerner and our partners are committed to clinical excellence and improving the health and wellbeing of children and their families around the world. Our services and solutions are designed to meet the challenges inherent in children’s care at present and into the future.
    ePMA - a core component of safe, high quality care
    ePMA - a core component of safe, high quality care
    Cerner | 7/29/2019
    The Cerner Millennium electronic health record platform enables seamless ePMA functionality that crosses all venues of care and provides clinicians with more streamlined medicine management workflows.