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eHealth Strategy for NHSScotland 2011-2017 New proposals • Move away from funding discrete projects & programmes to outcomes based approach • Funding allocated to Boards (3 funds) • 5 strategic eHealth aims • Boards will progress the 5 strategic aims over 6 years • From 2012-13 outcomes will be incorporated into Board LDPs • Boards will also have eHealth plans, aligned to LDPs Implications • The new vision embraces the reality of Boards using different IT systems, having different work processes and being at different stages of implementation of the strategy • Boards will move at different speeds towards the same end point • A longer planning cycle enables Boards to use eHealth to bring about genuine improvements • Matches the ambition of the quality strategy • Covers 2 LDP cycles Consultation – so far • • • • • • • Directors of Finance Medical Directors Nursing and AHP Directors Directors of Pharmacy eHealth Leads CCLG 4 scoping workshops (included: patient groups, academics, individuals, third sector representation and health & social care workers) Scoping Workshops • Considered the wording and meaning of the 5 strategic eHealth aims (unintended consequences, equalities, diversity etc.) • Suggestions on where eHealth might make the greatest contribution • Some worries about Boards’ setting their own outcomes • Some concerns about Boards’ setting their own priorities • Most participants found the workshops interesting and welcomed the opportunity to be involved General approach • Boards welcomed outcomes based approach linked to LDPs • New approach will embed eHealth within organisations as enabler of achievement of clinical and business objectives • Territorial boards welcomed new financial model • Special boards worried about impact on systems that have been funded nationally/centrally Principles • • • • • • • eHealth will improve NHS Scotland services by reducing harm, variation and waste SG interest in outcomes being achieved rather than defining how Boards will achieve them Boards will have different priorities at different times Reap the benefits from assets that have been acquired Promote and implement good practice and successful local initiatives more widely Encourage convergence of approaches to delivery of outcomes to reduce duplication of effort and reduce cost. Promote collaborative working between Boards Principles • Boards supportive of principles proposed • Supportive of need for convergence and reduction in variation but unclear how this would work in practice • Need to promote and adopt standards to encourage convergence • Need to identify mechanism to support shared good practice and factors for success • Clarify central eHealth governance role eHealth strategic aims To use information and technology to: • maximise efficient working practices, minimise wasteful variation, bring about savings and vfm • support people to manage their own health and wellbeing, to interact with NHSScotland and improve decision making • contribute to shifting the balance of care to improved community based care and support for people with long term conditions and mental health problems • improve the availability of appropriate information for healthcare workers and the tools to use and communicate that information effectively to improve quality • improve medication management as an essential part of peoples’ care Consultation Questions • Do you agree with the wording of the 5 strategic eHealth aims? If not, why? • Do think our use of case studies, quotes and examples to illustrate the 5 strategic eHealth aims is appropriate? • What are you thoughts on the “actions” that are highlighted in bold at end of each of the 5 Strategic eHealth aims? • Are there any other “actions” that should be included under the 5 strategic eHealth aims? • Do you support the move to a longer planning horizon? If not, why? Consultation Questions • Do you agree that Boards’ LDPs are the appropriate mechanism for the Scottish Government to monitor Boards’ performance in eHealth? If not, why? • What are your thoughts on the requirement for Boards to produce separate eHealth plans and to report on their eHealth progress annually to the eHealth Division in the Scottish Government? • Do you have any other comments on the draft eHealth Strategy not covered by the questions? Next steps • First draft eHealth strategy approved by Strategy Board (March’11) • Written consultation on draft strategy – April/May’11 • Meetings with stakeholders April/May’11 • Material on website • Final draft to go to eHealth Strategy Board 16th June • Ministerial approval – June’11???