The Download: Not trained in tech (HSJ, 23 March 2021)

Summary

“We are asking healthcare professionals to prescribe digital health without any training,” a tech company chief executive tells HSJ.

The past year has seen a sharp rise in the use of tech in the NHS, not just in terms of remote hospital and primary care appointments, but also digital tools which help patients manage their conditions at home. But the biggest barrier to implementing digital into the NHS is education, according to Orcha chief executive Liz Ashall-Payne.