How can directors of informatics support people driven digital? #NYHDFpeople

How can directors of informatics support people driven digital? #NYHDFpeople

by | Nov 8, 2015 | #PdDigital15, NHS stuff | 2 comments

How can NHS directors of informatics support and enable people driven digital innovation? This is a question Sue Sibbald and I will be speaking to when we present to the Northern, Yorkshire and Humberside Directors of Informatics Forum this Friday. In our work at mHabitat we have found the top five practical barriers to digital innovation that fall within the domain of informatics directors are: Staff equipped with mobile devices Sufficient bandwidth to access the web Public wifi in all health and care settings A permissive approach to social media (not blocking channels such as YouTube) Access to online patient held records and interoperability with third party apps. The other big barrier we have found is the variable confidence of health and care staff to make use of digital tools and the Internet in their day to day front line work and professional development – the above list will provide the right backdrop but culture and confidence is mostly an organisational development issue. Here is our draft presentation which features feedback from #PdDigital15: Sue and I are keen to crowdsource your priorities for directors of informatics in enabling people driven digital. Whether you’re someone who accesses health and care services, a practitioner, or simply someone with an interest in the topic, we’d love to hear your views. Please comment on this blog or tweet us using the hashtag #NYHDIFpeople. We’ll adapt our presentation to incorporate your feedback...
How can we keep the digital revolution social? #mindtech15

How can we keep the digital revolution social? #mindtech15

by | Nov 7, 2015 | Digital, mental health, social media | 0 comments

How can we keep the digital revolution social? On Wednesday 2 December mHabitat is hosting a social debate in partnership with The Mental Elf and MindTech on the eve of the latter’s Harnessing the Digital Revolution annual symposium. The title of the debate is ‘can research really tell you how to make a good mental health app?’. We’ll be using the hashtag  #mindtech15 as well as streaming the discussion live on Periscope. The debate is all about keeping the digital revolution open, social and exploratory – challenging ourselves to think critically about digital in mental health through public deliberation. We hope it will be stimulating, fun and informal. I have previously blogged about my lack of love for the traditional conference format, often characterised by experts on the podium transmitting knowledge to a largely passive audience. Not only do such events miss a trick in harnessing audience expertise within the audience but also often fail to be engaging. I’m a big advocate of participant led events, as exemplified by the People Driven Digital which a few of us organised earlier this year – we put a lot of effort into making this as sociable an event as possible. The symposium itself is a mix of presentations, debates, a rapid fire technology showcase, an exhibition and lots of opportunity for networking. You can book here – I recommend it. Theories of learning styles are contested, but if we recognise that people learn differently, then it makes sense to organise an event in ways which vary pace and style to keep people engaged.  So it’s been fabulous to collaborate with Mindtech and...