Registration

Chair Opening Address - Douglas Hamandishe, The Number One Voice for Human and Digital Transformation Across Health and Social Care (Confirmed)

This presentation will discuss the virtual ward delivery at ESNEFT for General Surgery, including some case examples and feedback on patient and clinician experience.

Panel Discussion: Overcoming the Challenges of Virtual Ward Implementation

Moderator: Douglas Hamandishe, The Number One Voice for Human and Digital Transformation Across Health and Social Care (Invited)

• Panellist 1: Becs Winterborn, Clinical Lead Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire NHS@Home, Clinical Lead NHSE SW NHS@Home, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Certified Coach and Trainer, North Bristol NHS Trust (Confirmed)
• Panellist 2: Dr. Greg Edwards, Chief Medical Officer at Doccla (Confirmed)
• Panelist 3: Francesca Markland, Senior Programme Manager, Remote Monitoring & Virtual Wards, NHSE London Region Digital Transformation Team (Confirmed)
• Panelist 4: Emil Pohl, Transformation Project Lead, Whittington Health (Confirmed)

Case Study - Boxxe

boxxe’s modern hospital

Q&A

Morning Break

Chair Morning Reflection - Douglas Hamandishe, The Number One Voice for Human and Digital Transformation Across Health and Social Care (Confirmed)

Case Study - Ortus iHealth

We have designed and implemented a virtual ward-based outpatient angiography pathway (ATLAS) for low-risk patients presenting with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTEACS) aimed at reducing hospital length of stay, enhancing patient experience, and improving outcomes. Between October 2022-June 2023, 300 low-risk patients were discharged on the pathway. We demonstrated that it is possible to safely discharge low-risk NSTEMI patients onto a virtual ward with planned coronary angiography within 7 days. The pathway shortened hospital length of stay, optimised resource utilization (reducing time to angiography in higher-risk patients) was cost-saving, and most importantly, enhanced patient experience.

Case Study - Access Group

Access Health, Support and Care, a leading technology partner, discuss bringing together health and social care environments within an integrated care model to provide a secure, scalable, and robust clinical platform, delivering a transformational virtual ward solution centered around the individual. 

The Covid Response meant the rapid adoption of Remote Monitoring technologies to support vulnerable cohorts such as Care Homes residents, and the creation of Covid Virtual Wards to manage patients outside of hospital. Through the Regional Scaling Programme, London saw a host of remote monitoring pathways stood up at pace across a variety of care settings, using a variety of tech and workforce models. 

To benefit from the variance across the region, The London Digital team commissioned the Health Innovation Network (HIN) to undertake a Technical Review of the remote monitoring landscape. Alongside London evaluations of tech-enabled virtual wards, the Technical Review has supported London ICBs as they scale existing services and prepare for Virtual Ward technology procurements.

This presentation will look at the journey London has been on with technology for virtual wards over the last couple of years, and the direction of travel we are heading in:

PAST: Regional Scaling Programme scope and learnings; early adopter key themes; Phase 1a of London Technical Review

PRESENT: VWs programme; Phase 1b, 2a of London Technical Review developed to support VWs procurements including VW Technical Specification & Principles

FUTURE: Phase 2b of London Technical Review; opportunities for developmental relationships; single system solutions; Data (standardised data; MDS; SNSDEs etc); regional support to ICBs with VW tech procurements

Case Study - PMD Solutions

PMD Solutions have innovation funding of <£250k per healthcare system to implement a partnership-based pathway to reduce respiratory admissions this winter. PMD are category creators of wearable and wearable respiratory rate monitoring. Called RespiraSense, it’s the worlds’ first CE/FDA accredited for motion-tolerant trend monitoring, enabling Hospital teams and virtual wards to monitor patients with conditions such as COPD, asthma, pneumonia, flu, sepsis and heart failure, enabling intervention to be triggered upto 12 hours earlier than pulse oximetry alerts. Healthcare systems across England saw respiratory admissions increase by 80% from August – January last year, an equivalent to 500 admissions per system, accounting for 15 Hospital beds. Proven at scale in all Hospitals across Ireland, RespiraSense reduces readmissions by 50% and average hospital length of stay by 1 day. It will enable teams to avoid at least 250 re-admissions freeing-up 7-15 beds per ward.

Q&A Panel

Networking

Chair Afternoon Reflection - Douglas Hamandishe, The Number One Voice for Human and Digital Transformation Across Health and Social Care (Confirmed)

Our presentation will be informed by the feedback of trust leader members and will cover:

• Progress on national targets for virtual wards
• Opportunities to scale up virtual wards
• Existing barriers and what is needed to address them

Case Study - Islacare 

Isla’s technology lends itself well to this use case and is being used by the virtual wards teams in many of our partners. We have already gone beyond typical monitoring and are piloting a model whereby patients, family members, or carers record and send a photo, video sound recording or digital questionnaires to the control centre, providing a much more nuanced understanding of changes in health status. And yet, we feel NHS providers are missing a huge opportunity.

This presentation will tell the honest story of our journey from Hospital @Home in one acute hospital trust to a system-wide collaborative, delivering 6 different pathways of care with provision of early supported discharge and alternatives to admission. The highs and lows of leading system change.

An overview of all 3 services and how they work seamlessly together. Working alongside the integrated discharge team supports virtual ward referrals and decreases patients’ length of hospital stay.

Transforming Patient Care: Innovations in Virtual Wards"

This presentation explores the advancements in virtual ward models and their impact on patient care within the NHS. It delves into the various strategies, technologies, and best practices that have transformed the delivery of healthcare services remotely, highlighting success stories and lessons learned.

Q&A Panel

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