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Health Foundation to explore impact of data analytics
The Health Foundation is making significant investments towards a new programme of work to explore the impact of data analytics and technology on health and care in the UK.
There is rapid innovation in the use of analytics and data-driven technology, including artificial intelligence in health and care, with Health Secretary Matt Hancock having recently announced a new £140 million artificial intelligence award for health and care.
Building on the charity’s established reputation in data analytics, the plans aim to tackle real world problems that affect people’s health and to develop our understanding of the role that technology and data is increasingly playing in our daily lives. A key part of the strategy is to establish major new partnerships and research initiatives, and to collaborate with innovative organisations to take this agenda forward.
A key focus will also be to ensure that the health and social care system maximises the value that data holds to the health and care system, so it will continue to champion better analytics across the sector, offering funding and support for innovative work, and creating networks and communities of data analysts.
Adam Steventon, director of Data Analytics at the Health Foundation, said: “Data is being used to drive innovation in ways that can revolutionise health care, including early disease detection, easier access to care services and encouraging health promoting behaviours. But such technological advances also carry the risk of harm to patients. As a nation we need to advance our understanding of these fast moving changes. This new programme of work will help us to do that, enabling us to explore how analytics and data-driven technology can create better heath and care for people across the UK.”
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