The rapid pace of new health technologies present opportunities and challenges for health services research. HSRUK's Spring seminar in May 2019 brought together organisations working on innovations with researchers and policymakers interested in evaluation, with the aim to develop better partnerships and real improvements in patient care. This one-day meeting was led by Health Services Research UK (HSRUK), in partnership with the NIHR health services research Clinical Research Network and the Innovation Agency, the Academic Health Science Network for the North West Coast.
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View the event programme below and read or download the presentations from the day; just click on the titles.
15 May 2019 Spring seminar
Speaker presentations
Opening plenary: the challenges and opportunities in researching new technologies in health and care
Trish Greenhalgh, University of Oxford
Evaluating the impact of an online consultation system in primary care
Jeremy Horwood, University of Bristol/NIHR CLAHRC West
Evaluating new technologies for better mental health
Jennifer Martin, NIHR MindTech MedTech Co-operative and
The University of Nottingham
NHS Test Beds programme evaluation: lessons and pitfalls
Karen Windle, NatCen
Nicholas Woolley, Frontier Economics Limited
Evaluating eHealth: online resources, apps and smartphones in healthcare
John Powell, University of Oxford
Evaluating AI in radiology: EMRAD’s test-bed on breast screening
Simon Harris, Nottingham University Hospitals/ EMRAD
Dr Niamh Lennox-Chhugani, Optimity Advisors
Sarah Knowles, University of Manchester
Other resources
Why is the NHS slow to introduce technology?
Nicholas Woolley, Frontier Economics Limited
Using AI to assist with NHS breast screening services
Simon Harris, Nottingham University Hospitals/ EMRAD