Digital Is Natural In Our Lives, Apart From in Health Care

I enjoyed the health care conference in Glasgow yesterday and was inspired by the speakers. But at the back of my head I kept thinking about the paper form I completed to register for a new GP, and on the questions it asked me about my health and my family, and the details of my previous practice. It also asked for my date of birth, and other simple information. Surely after all this time on the planet, my health care system should know a bit about me? For many, the integration of digital technologies is porting the paper form onto a Web form, but that is not proper digital integration, it is basically just us doing the same old things, but using the Internet.

But one speaker really hit home the message on the integration of families, and one which I can completely relate to. She had observed in the care of someone in her family, that she received scribbled notes on the person’s care, with nothing in the way of digital information. After spending nearly a decade in a similar situation, I really understand the point that she made.

The observations of other speakers often outlined that in virtually every part of our lives we now integrate with digital…