Dan West, CDIO for Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland’s Department of Health, recently spoke with CIO.com’s Doug Drinkwater to discuss how the pandemic and its legacy influences a need for targeted digital transformation in order to better collaborate internally and externally. Credit: Department of Health Northern Ireland The pandemic accelerated the urgency for reform in health and social care around the world, which strained resources to unprecedented levels. The effects are still being felt and in Northern Ireland specifically, ongoing political instability is further complicating approaches to digital transformation. Although progress is being made that should be recognized and celebrated, Dan West, CDIO for Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland’s Department of Health, understands that the pandemic still casts a lingering shadow over national health and care systems, contributing to continuing rampant fatigue among staff and subsequent strikes over pay. “From a people perspective, things are pretty strained at the moment,” he says. “All of the capacity and operational challenges that were present in healthcare prior to the pandemic are magnified now. Waiting lists have grown and diagnosis and treatments have been delayed or missed due to some of the burden the pandemic brought on the […]
Exploring the digital impact in Northern Ireland’s health and social care system
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