Christine Connelly’s departure as CIO from the Department of Health comes as the NHS faces huge challenges – a major reorganisational shake-up; £20bn worth of cost savings to find; IT problems from past contracts; and drives to push forward a digital agenda. Needless to say, there will be much to keep interim CIO Katie Davis and the next permanent IT chief busy.
We talked to experts in NHS IT to identify the top five challenges facing the new health CIO.
Bringing the NHS into the digital age
Speaking at the Health Informatics Congress 2011 conference earlier this year, health minister Andrew Lansley said he wants an online presence for the NHS which ranks highest in the world. “This is what the information revolution is about – capturing the data and using the imagination and creativity of clinicians,” he said.
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