Most organisations scored reasonably high in the Readiness sections; the assessment confirms that Leadership, Strategy and Governance consistently include local health and social care systems in terms of planning, digital transformation, benefits realisation and operations
However, capability scores demonstrating digital integration sit at a lower level than suggested by those results. Basic manifestations of integrated care delivery such as records sharing and handovers of care are not implemented consistently
How strongly capability scores for organisations within individual regions differ paints a similar picture of a disjointed field. Where we expect to see converging levels of digital maturity as local health and care systems integrate, there is instead still a vast difference between the lowest-scoring and highest-scoring organisations within each care system. which may cause constrains on organisations’ ability to collaborate efficiently as part of their integration
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