Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) are pleased to announce the sixth Yorkshire & Humber Digital Health & Wellbeing Ecosystem #YHDigitalEco meeting, sponsored by University Centre at Wakefield College, and our partners ECHAlliance.

The event will be held at Unity Works, Wakefield, WF1 1EP. Registration 8.30am for a 9.30 am start with the event concluding at 3pm. We welcome all digital health and wellbeing stakeholders to attend including NHS patients, local authority, policy makers, industry and the voluntary sector.

The theme for this meeting is ‘The Innovation Adoption Challenge’ exploring the barriers to uptake of new ways of working using digital tools and potential solutions and strategies to overcome these barriers.

Speakers from across the regional and national digital health community will be talking about a range of shared issues and experiences including building the digital ready workforce, digital literacy and community engagement, integration, evidence and evaluation, and innovative commissioning; with case studies of innovation successes for shared learning (and collaboration!)

Attendees:

This meeting is for individuals and organisations interested in increasing the uptake of digital heath and technology enabled care in Yorkshire & the Humber through collaborative partnerships – including health and social care commissioners and providers, patients, local authorities, commercial organisations and the third sector.

You can register to attend the event here.

Breakout sessions: (please choose one of the following options)

The Importance of Evidence
Creating your adoption toolkit
Innovative Commissioning

Please note, this event is FREE to attend but a cancellation charge of £50 may apply if less than 48 hours’ cancellation notice is given.

Please ensure you send cancellation details to the event organiser by e mail or telephone. (sophie.bates@yhahsn.com – 01924 614403 or mobile 07341 730001)

We request that delegates inform us of cancellations by 3rd March 2017 so that wherever possible we can reallocate the place to a person on the waiting list. Many of our events are often over-subscribed and your place can often be filled by another delegate.