Becoming a Digital Hospital

Hugo Mathias, Director of Technology and Information, Northampton General Hospital

Information is vital to the delivery of healthcare. Making that information available for consultants and management will bring better outcomes and patient flow.

Walking through the strategy and plans for Northampton General Hospital, Hugo will explore the technology and information needed to bring a digital healthcare environment to serve patient need and provide the best possible care.

There are challenges and opportunities through this complex maze of options and recent events have brought a new dimension to healthcare delivery.

NGH’s IT investments are based on risk, value and impact. Hugo will explore innovation and understand the new change appetite within the industry.

Social Media in Healthcare: Less Tactics, More Open Conversations

Shelley Rostlund, Director, Harbour 32

Shelley will share the journey of Daniels Healthcare, the leading sharps container provider in the UK to the NHS sector, and how they embraced social media.

In 2012 Shelley was invited by the forward-thinking Commercial Director of Daniels Healthcare to work with them on how to approach social media, in a particularly sensitive industry like healthcare.

What followed was an exciting journey of breaking limiting beliefs about what was possible. It created industry collaborations that have bolstered business partnerships and given Daniels, a business founded in 1986, a way to be authentic to their customer-focussed ethos and evolve sustainably for the digital times we live in.

Join Shelley to find out about how a nurse almost broke Twitter with her ideas on knowledge-sharing and how a social media mascot melted hearts and spurred open conversations on meaningful topics.

Plain Isn’t Simple: How to Spread Good Ideas

Rory Stobo, Chief Copywriter , Sookio

How professional copywriters communicate complex technical or medical concepts with accuracy and clarity.

The UK is a melting pot of new ideas, home to some of the world’s greatest minds… and the rest of us. Since we’re stuck together, we’d better learn to communicate with each other.

Expressing complex technical concepts with clarity and accuracy produces amazing results. From business outcomes to improving public health, learn how professional copywriters cut to the heart of cutting-edge topics.

Virtual Reality Simulation in Nursing

Jack Pottle, Chief Medical Officer, Oxford Medical Simulation

Background and overview of virtual reality simulation in nursing, including demo, practical application and evidence.

Simulation is a technique not a technology. Increasingly simulation in nursing is being delivered virtually - either on screen or in full immersive virtual reality.

In this talk Jack will define the background to virtual reality, what it is, what it’s good for (and not), and in particular its ability to deliver simulation at scale and distance.

Jack will also demonstrate the OMS VR simulation platform and explain methods of implementing and integrating in nursing and AHP courses.