The money – some £9.5m – has been earmarked to fund a new ‘Health Technology and Telehealth Fund,′ which the Welsh government hopes will build on other investment made in the region through the Health Technology Fund and Rural Health Innovation Fund.
The plan is to use the money to support the introduction of new technologies in non-hospital settings, as well as using technology to support innovative ways of working at a local level.
According to Cardiff, this is part of an on-going service transformation needed, it believes, to deliver high quality, safe and sustainable services and improved patient benefits as set out in its Together for Health programme, which centres on better IT systems and an information strategy ensuring improved care for Welsh NHS users.
“Investment in innovation is essential if we are to achieve our aim of safe, sustainable and high quality health services for Wales,” noted Health Minister Mark Drakeford.
“Technology has a major role to play in the future of the NHS and new technology can improve service quality, improve outcomes and reduce the need for care in hospital. With new technologies supporting advances in healthcare, the people of Wales can receive the best possible treatment available.
”The fund will help provide access to technology which will assist the transformation of health and care delivery throughout Wales.”
Welsh health boards and trusts are now invited to submit, or to sponsor, applications for funding in 2014-15.
If you want to bid for funds from the Fund, please note completed applications have to be submitted (by email) to Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! no later than midday on 28 February 2014.
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Quelle/Source: British Journal of Healthcare Computing, 15.01.2014
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