via OnMedica

Use of technologies that enable risk stratification, early detection, appropriate intervention and remote monitoring are key to improving patient outcomes, finds a progress report of ‘vanguard’ sites published more than a year after the introduction of the programme.
The vanguard programme was developed as part of the Five Year Forward View, which aims to change the commissioning landscape and take advantage of scientific and technological advances.
The objective is for the sites to come up with creative, ambitious and innovative solutions to address health and social care needs locally, and trial them, as well as developing plans for long-term investment to improve population health and reduce pressure on services.
The progress report from NHiS Commissioning Excellence draws on the experiences of an advisory panel of eight participating sites, representing health and care provision across different settings, who shared their insights in March 2016, a year on from the formation of many vanguards.