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AI in workflows can lead to more effective clinical decisions, cut down on admin tasks and release time to care.

Knowledge and understanding will be needed for trust to be established in Ai in healthcare.

Knowledge and understanding of AI is needed to build trust.

Alleviate pressures from repetitive tasks such as reading through patient notes, collating historic patient information & making a decision

AI can help create a patient centric view that contextualises the patient journey through the system and his/her disease progression to present that back to a nurse with a data-driven recommendation on the best course of action for the patient - real-time AI CDS truly pushing insights in the hands of nurses and midwives to make informed decisions. AI won't replace clinical staff but can help augment decision making and make patient care more informed, proactive and move us to from a reactive to a more preventative model of healthcare provision.

Systems speaking to each other

Time wasted and patient care compromised due to multiple IT systems in place. Many don't 'talk' to each other and this creates additional barriers. Patients become very frustrated that they have to repeat information to every HCP they come across.

It is essential that Health Inequalities are understood and evaluated before AI is considered/trained to ensure inequality is not increased

Safety should be first and always. Ensure that those considering AI understand the inequalities in their health care and those they serve. Before handing over data sets and commissioning or purchasing AI systems which do not fully consider Health Inequalities.

A specialist team is a 'subject matter group' that identifies and manages 'matter' using scientific tools and dynamic engagement framework.

Such usually need formal education with imbedded training/internship/apprenticeship and research.

A 'team' of professionals and non professionals supporting each other to fulfil the needs of the service/specialism - see further notes

Senior position e.g. B7/8 nurse/midwife, supported by B5/6, obstetrician/specialist doctor, with enough staff to cover leave/sickness etc. Admin support and close links with other specialities for MDT working, and other teams such as IT/Informatics CNO/board level/directors, robust and supportive regional LMNS/ICB(S) and national relationships. For digital maternity - leadership, informatics and business analyst training, QI, Clinical Safety, relevant clinical experience/mandatory updates, communication, RCA. Support and buy in required from wider leadership team and clinical staff - change army, winning over hearts and minds

For all digital practitioners to have sometime in the field they are offering digital solutions into, maybe shadowing or observing

Time spent on the ward or in the team working alongside the nursing professionals to develop a deeper understanding of what they are doing and why meaning their solutions are adapted to be meaningful and helpful. Standardized to the environment and workforce.

Digital Links for each speciality

Having anaesthetists, maternity support workers, ward clerks et al being able to represent their speciality when developing new ICS, as well as being able to deliver cascade training. When the people who are going to use the system are part of the development, the training and interface that will be used would be created with the people in mind.

Many jobs for nurses doing virtual health need to be a prescriber. If the companies don’t offer in-house training they will use up nhs staff

Ask the clinicians what information needs to be gathered to show quality! Stop putting quantity over quality.

What proves our worth ?

We need to drive as much data/intelligence off the back of the electronic patient record and other clinical systems

We need to develop nursing and midwifery intelligence off the back of the patient record and utilise every opportunity to understand and support the care delivery process. We also need chief clinical nursing information officers to drive this innovation as we go forward.......a specialist area in its own right.

Using the digital age to empower

Data should be easily used and easily accessible to all. To be able to pluck data out and know the changes needed in an instant over pouring over numbers or notes means giving time back to managers to focus on patient care and change management.

Data added once that flows as needed and governance processes that pull from this data

IT Systems needed that talk across Local Systems/regions to share data efficiently for patient safety

Data entry is far too repetitive

Unclear the value of added data ? At times it is to fulfil some other gap in data collection.

In HV services multiple data collection items requested by commissioners, but purpose and use unclear

Digital Literacy

Time spent inputting clinical data into patient records feels to be increasing, reducing face to face contact.

The nurse who is currently practicing his profession has an enormous challenge in taking advantage of the new technological resources .

The nurse who is currently practicing his profession has an enormous challenge in taking advantage of the new technological resources that are presented to him, so that he can carry out his work in a more efficient, effective way and in the shortest possible time. It is therefore necessary that nurses who are still reluctant to use ICTs reconsider their way of thinking, adopting an innovative attitude in the exercise of their profession. They must understand that technology is a neutral element, it is neither bad nor good, you just have to learn to use it, but it helps the exercise of the profession in every way.

Succinct data capture when F2F

Making systems more "pick up and play" while capturing essential data would enable us to be more interactive with the woman while documenting her care

Ensure that digital competencies reflect both health and social care

There must be a greater drive to showcase the differences between data/technology usage within health and social care and how the latter is its own specialism. Ensuring placements are mandatory for all student nurses within each type of social care service (older/LD care home, older/LD homecare, supported living, mental health), will help show the importance of nursing within social care, but also expose students to the various types of data and tech processes used.

Digital Maternity Leadership course :)

Encourage and support more staff to attend and develop as the course evolves, and - just as important - support them to put what they have learnt into practice...

UK AHP Digital Competency Framework

Not my work but it is an excellent resource that would be easily adaptable for nurses and midwives

Digital as part of the curriculum

Has already happened in the physio profession so need to get it as an integral part of undergraduate curriculum for nurses and midwives. Not as a separate module but as a golden thread running through all existing modules

Nurse educators

Need to have a framework by which develop digital skills and information systems knowledge. Universities need to use digital systems during teaching and simulation labs and learn how to think digital first. Lecturers need to be exposed to the changing practice landscape. some have been out of practice a long time. They need to see the innovations and how digital is changing how things happen. That pop health and the IOT changes public health approaches and community nursing and how virtual wards and hospital at home influences the models of care, and how data impacts practice. Degree level Dissertations can and have become research (lit review) or innovation projects.

Contingency for the digitally disengaged service users, there must be strategies in place to accommodate this issue

Allow the data to flow, use standards including terminologies get the basics right allow patients to participate in development and care

Portable devices have potential to increase patient involvement in their care as can be used at bedside. Needs good mobile UI development.

Portable devices and patient involvement

expand the use of 'wearables' within healthcare to support patients taking ownership and being involved in their own care

digitalise remote monitoring and increase patient engagement through wearables and XR

Freeing up time for the people who need it most

Use of virtual and remote technologies can reduce travel time to static clinics etc., for both service users and staff. It also allows staff to 'triage' those who need that face to face time most - some queries or care can be offered virtually, and save multiple face to face appointments for others in the process