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A brief overview over current capabilities and possible applications This event provided a brief overview of the current capabilities and potential applications of decision support systems in healthcare and social care with the aim of learning about how these systems can improve patient and service user outcomes, streamline processes, and reduce costs. This presentation explored […]

Everything You Need to Know About Organisational Digital Maturity but Were Afraid to Ask! Join us at Digifest 2024 at 11:00am on 12th December, when Marion Logan (Policy Team Leader, Digital Capabilities and Leadership, Scottish Government) and Henrik Moeller (Director, Meisterworks) will talk about experiences of the 2023 and 2024 Scottish Health and Social Care […]

A recording of our recent event; Insights from the Digital Maturity Assessment Staff Survey. This session was held on 7th November 2024. This event looked at the critical challenges facing healthcare organisations in integrating and optimising digital diagnostic systems. Drawing on real-world user experiences and research insights, we explored:

Briefing: Insights from the Digital Maturity Assessment Staff Survey This event, held on 24th October 2024, delved into the challenges and impact of digital transformation in healthcare, focusing on the adoption and optimization of ePrescribing and medication administration systems (e.g., HEPMA). Drawing on real-world data and user feedback, we discussed:

Briefing: Insights from the Digital Maturity Assessment Staff Survey On Thursday 19th September 2024, Festival of Transformation hosted our first briefing on benefits realisation findings from Digital Maturity Assessment staff survey data focusing on Management Systems (ERP, HR Management) within health and social care. The session explored the impact of digital solutions on efficiency, productivity, […]

Briefing: Insights from the Digital Maturity Assessment Staff Survey This event explored the challenges and opportunities surrounding productivity tools in the workplace, drawing on insights from a recent study of Scottish Government/COSLA staff. We discussed the impact of tools like O365, email, and calendars on employee efficiency, workload management, and overall productivity. Key themes included:

A recording of our 10th October briefing session on productivity tools in health and social care.

Thanks to everyone who attended last Thursday’s briefing session. A video of the session can be found below.

Thanks to everyone who attended last Thursday’s briefing session. A video of the session and our one-pager on this topic can be downloaded here.

Kathrin Cresswell from Edinburgh University discusses digital maturity challenges and concepts in healthcare systems.

Uwe Buddrus discusses the current landscape of Digital Maturity Assessments and the possible benefits on a national and organisational basis.

Chris Mackie talks about the future of ALISS – a Local Information System for Scotland – including how he utilises cross-sector collaboration, centring the end user in all improvements, securing active participation from partner organisations and exploring new technology.

Uwe Buddrus shares his view on the complexities of benefit realisation measurement in digital maturity; which benefits to measure, how to standardise measurements and where to measure from.

Chris Mackie shares his experience of participanting in the External Stakeholder Project Group for the Digital Maturity Assessment and how he represented the third sector in the development of the assessment question set.

Marion Logan discusses the background to the current Scottish Government / COSLA Digital Maturity Assessment, how digital transformation has changed since 2019 against the backdrop of a global pandemic, using the DMA to measure investment and what she sees as the benefits to organisations.

While Capabilities improvements were seen across most participating areas, 2024 Readiness scores (dark green bubbles) were less consistent than in 2023 (light green bubbles). Some health and care systems/geographic areas (each represented by a bubble) progressed more rapidly than others.

Readiness sections saw consistent improvements, while gains within Capabilities varied. There was only negligible change to Infrastructure.  Updated assessments from organisations reveal advancements in nearly all facets of digital maturity, albeit these improvements are generally moderate.  Climate Emergency and Sustainability, along with Information Governance, emerge as noteworthy areas of improvement within the assessment themes.   Conversely, […]

The Festival of Transformation, a learning and knowledge sharing platform for digital transformation in healthcare and social care is now live! We’re excited to kick off this new resource with a number of live research briefings on topics like Management Systems, Productivity Software, Diagnostic Systems and Therapeutic Systems. Over the coming weeks, each briefing event […]