The UCL Institute of Digital Health is to work with healthcare IT firm, Cerner UK to improve population-level health and wellbeing and close the gap between research and real-life applications. The partnership aims to future-proof the healthcare workforce by ensuring appropriate IT skills are available and reducing the time to market for digital health innovations. “Healthcare organisations need a more robust understanding of how their systems can be used in order to make informed decisions about where they invest resources and what technologies should be deployed,” said Dr David Williams, Head
The UCL Institute of Digital Health is to work with healthcare IT firm, Cerner UK to improve population-level health and wellbeing and close the gap between research and real-life applications. The partnership aims to future-proof the healthcare workforce by ensuring appropriate IT skills are available and reducing the time to market for digital health innovations. UCL has had a long-standing relationship with Cerner and many students use its information systems after graduation.