Wellmind Health CEO Heather Cook was delighted to take part in an insightful panel at this year's LSX World Congress in London, on Integration & Adoption of Digital Health Innovation into Healthcare Systems.
Chaired by the Claire Oatway of Neon Juno, fellow panellists Devika Wood CEO of Brain+, Yacine Hadjiat of Dubai Health and Anna Loughran of BMS presented fresh thinking as they discussed some of the biggest challenges and opportunities in digital health integration.
Key themes included how to better integrate digital health solutions into care pathways, lessons from leading countries that are moving faster in adoption and the implementation challenges preventing end-to-end solutions from scaling. AI was naturally a topic but in the context of being an enabler rather than the primary focus, with the importance of remembering the human, organisational and system changes required to release the potential of digital health highlighted.
The disconnect between innovation and adoption was explored, and the need to rethink how we present novel solutions to ensure they fit within existing care frameworks rather than disrupt them. The importance of implementation, not just products is key, with digital health solutions often struggling to gain traction not because they lack innovation, but because they disrupt existing workflows in ways that make adoption impractical for already stretched providers.
The panel also delved into the role of investors in accelerating proven digital health solutions, along with the need for real-world evidence to support commissioning decisions. Heather pressed the need for tech providers to ensure independent outcome results are readily available, so commissioners can evaluate solutions more effectively and efficiently.
Thanks to LSX World Congress and Heather's fellow panellists for an enlightening and valuable discussion.
