NSLHD Strategic Plan 2022-2027 - FINAL

Research, innovation and digital advances inform and improve the delivery of patient care The care we deliver is digitally enabled and informed by research and data

Why this is important Research and innovation underpin and improve patient care, carer engagement and community wellbeing. Through our industry and research partnerships, we create exciting new opportunities for prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Developing our research strategy in partnership with consumers is vital. Our research goal is to build a strong evidence base to ensure we provide the best care possible to improve outcomes that matter to patients. The development of the Health, Research and Education Precinct at St Leonards is a key initiative that will support an innovative environment. Better value care is driven by quality health data which in turn, empowers patients, carers and consumers to make better healthcare choices, enables clinicians to improve clinical practice, improves the delivery of care, and maximises overall workforce efficiencies.

High quality health data and analytics are essential to ensuring truly integrated healthcare and a coordinated approach to the management and delivery of our health services. Balanced against the increasing need for health data is a responsibility to ensure that information systems are well designed, intuitive, and integrated to best support staff in the provision of patient care. Equally, ease of access to data that is meaningful to clinicians, as well as data and system support where required, has the potential to promote innovation, service improvement, and the successful translation of research into practice. Clinicians, patients and carers have an increasing expectation that health technology will be part of everyday care. The appetite for, and confidence in digital health has increased as a result of changing policies, benefits and successes, particularly in the response to COVID-19.

New technologies are being incorporated into the suite of healthcare options available to consumers, enabling virtual care and other digitally enabled models. The technology-led innovations within NSLHD need to be supported with accelerated investment in systems, staff, infrastructure, security and intelligence. As this occurs there will need to be sufficient engagement with both clinicians and consumers to ensure that the benefits of technology-led innovation leave no-one behind.

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NSLHD Strategic Plan 2022-2027

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