Consulting Case Study: Digital Health Ecosystem Wales

We worked with the Digital Health Ecosystem Wales (DHEW) to help define their operational strategy, to bring digital innovations into healthcare in Wales.

Warren Fauvel
Sep 5, 2018 · 2 min read

The Digital Health Ecosystem Wales (DHEW) aims to help tech companies access health and care sector platforms and share digital health innovations with NHS Wales. The key aims of the project are to create a national network, or ‘eco-system’, to deliver new ways of enhancing well-being and the quality of care through digital applications and services; taking it outside the ‘bricks and mortar’ of hospital or other health and care settings.

We were approached by the DHEW leadership to reflect on the progress to date and to develop strategic insights that could be used to drive the project to future success.

Working with the DHEW team, we quickly identified that a co-production approach, involving consultation with various internal and external stakeholders, would be of highest value. This work could be backed up by research into existing delivery models to create a strategic analysis (SWOT) of the programme and inform the creation of a set of simple operational models to drive delivery.

Over the course of 8 weeks, we conducted a range of R&D activities, including primary and secondary research, consultations and meta-analysis. Based on this work a DHEW model focused on convening innovation between Industry (push) and NHS Wales (pull) stakeholders across a range of project phases, was developed. This model is now being implemented into the operations of the DHEW.

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Digital innovation in healthcare, AI/ML, blockchain, VR/AR, analytics

    Warren Fauvel

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    I love startups, strategy and human centred design. 10 years building smart teams to solve tough problems. Lots of scars and great stories! Based in Berlin.

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