Join the Westminster Health Forum’s online conference on Data in healthcare and life sciences – collection, innovation and data use.

The agenda will cover:

• The role of Life Sciences and data in improving patient care and outcomes – progress made since the industrial strategy and maximising impact into the future
• Improving the collection and utilisation of data in healthcare – supporting rapid response, track, trace and test services, trust, access, training and regulation:
  • • Increasing availability and access to data as a resource in healthcare and how data is shaping services during the pandemic
    • Developing a system for data use that is trusted, and improving engagement from patients across the UK
    • Preparing the workforce with the specialised skills and techniques needed for utilising data
    • Key legal and regulatory considerations for utilising data in healthcare – and implications for the COVID response
• The potential for innovation and genomics to improve diagnosis and treatment
• The role of data in in the COVID-19 Pandemic – contact tracing, resource management and improving patient care
• Opportunities for improving patient care using data – health outcomes, identifying vulnerable and at risk groups, and in supporting online and remote services:
  • • Using data to innovate and improve the patient experience
    • Case study: The health data research hub for respiratory health
    • Data and medicine development – supporting personalised effective treatment
    • Using data to enable integrated care and better connect health and social care and support the development of remote services
• Next steps for policy and meeting long term goals

Keynote speaker: Dr Nicole Mather (Partner, Life Sciences Lead, IBM; Non-Executive Director, Health Research Authority and former Director, Office for Life Sciences)

Find more details on the Westminster Health Forum website and the full agenda here.