The System C & Graphnet Care Alliance has announced a series of new clinical leadership initiatives to ensure it continues to be at the forefront with clinical usability.
The companies’ internal structures have developed to reflect the emergence of roles in the NHS of a new chief clinical information officer (CCIO) and chief nursing information officer (CNIO). The creation of a new clinical adoption team will be under senior clinicians Dr Jon Shaw, the alliance’s director of clinical product strategy, and Dr Jonathan Bloor, its medical director.
Dr Bloor said “We want to make sure that all our users get the maximum possible benefit out of our systems. The clinical adoption team is specifically there to assist with that.”
The Alliance has formed a new Clinical Engagement Group for System C’s NHS users, open to all CCIOs, CNIOs, and clinical leads across the System C customer base to support product development and its strategic roadmap. The group meets formally four times a year.
It’s also supporting the development of digital leaders by providing mentoring support for NHS staff through the new Digital Academy, contributing insight from industry.
Recently the company has also been involved in the creation of a new Bristol Digital Futures Institute at the University of Bristol. With a £100m grant from Research England alongside funding and support from partner organisations including System C, the Institute brings together academia and business to research how technology will be used and experienced in the future – in areas such as health and education.
The Alliance is also in support of national CCIO networks, industry groupings such as techUK, and collaborative standards-setting organisations, such as INTEROPen.
Dr Shaw said “Altogether, the System & Graphnet Care Alliance has over 350,000 users of its software, all of them working within the NHS and social care. A major focus for us has to be on developing software that doesn’t just automate processes but which also helps make care professionals jobs that little bit easier and more enjoyable,” he said. “We believe that patient care will inevitably benefit from well-designed systems which support the clinical workflow.”
