Digital innovations are required to address an ageing population’s health challenges, who will need to be cared for out of hospital by technology enhanced social and primary care services.
Digital innovation is also needed because social and primary care workforce and services are facing unprecedented pressures; digital innovation may be the only route for sustainable services.
Aim
Our overall aim is to harness digital innovations in order to create a sustainable health system.
Meet the Team
Theme Lead Digital Innovation
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - Digital Innovation
ARC KSS University of Surrey Deputy Lead
Projects
The Domestic Abuse Data Visualisation Tool (DAViT)
The Domestic Abuse Data Visualisation Tool (DAViT) project looks at how an innovative tool can be utilised to improve care and support domestic abuse victims and survivors.
The tool, developed by Survivors of Domestic Abuse (SODA) was created following a prioritisation and consultation process with stakeholders of Domestic Abuse in Surrey.
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ARC KSS Data Science Hub
The ARC KSS Data Science Hub is an open access resource identifying and exploring national and regional (Kent, Surrey, Sussex) health and social care datasets. A space where data access barriers are addressed, in the hope of encouraging improved healthcare based on the needs of everyday people as users of health and care services.
Our Objectives:
- To develop and support NHS data infrastructure for analysis and research in the KSS region.
- To build capacity by developing guides and resources for analysts and researchers and bring clarity over access pathways and data content.
- To deliver new knowledge and insights from analysis of health and care data.
Available Resources on the ARC KSS Data Science Hub:
- National and regional dataset resource profiles and guides – including information on access pathways, costs, training requirements, access agreements, and more.
- Beginners guides for handling routine NHS data and developing clinical code lists.
- Overview of previous project – Unlocking Data.
- News, publications and upcoming events.
- Regularly updated blog content covering the latest developments and news in health data science.
You can access the ARC KSS Data Science Hub here.
As well as this infrastructure, the data hub, a project funded by the Applied Research Collaboration Kent, Surrey and Sussex, helps researchers learn how to analyse routinely collected data sets. The team has written lots of resources for researchers to use on their health data analysis journey. These are available on the bespoke data hub website. The team always welcomes enquiries from researchers from across the region and are happy to help and advise anyone who wants to start working with NHS data.
What type of research does the data hub carry out?
As well as supporting others, hub team members carry out research themselves. For the last two years, they have been researching who is at risk of a late diagnosis of lung or ovarian cancer. Using anonymised, linked data, from GP practices, hospitals and the cancer registry, they have shown that patients who already have a long-term condition, with similar symptoms to their cancer, are at risk of a later diagnosis, even if we take into account their other medical conditions, where they live, their age and other important risk factors. The team are also looking at how long-term care for patients with illnesses, like dementia and cancer, might differ based on factors like the deprivation of the area they live in, their ethnicity, their level of frailty, and the different medications they take.
