DIGITAL HEALTH AND CARE WALES
Digital
transformation at Digital Health and Care Wales
confidence and momentum that comes from being a new organisation , and delivering such an impressive digital response to the COVID-19 pandemic , will make a real difference to the delivery of digital services .”
The core missions at Digital Health and Care Wales and the digital transformation journey It was after working with senior management in DHCW while responding to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic that Evans was inspired to join the organisation . “ It ’ s a small organisation in growth mode , doing impressive things quickly ,” said Evans . “ I thought the way things were developed and delivered in response to the pandemic , especially the close working between DHCW , other NHS Wales organisations and local government in Wales , was absolutely brilliant . Compared to some other systems , we delivered better outcomes at a fraction of the cost , which is what you have to do as
“ Our third core mission is delivering excellent digital services on top of the data and the infrastructure platform we have ”
IFAN EVANS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF STRATEGY , DIGITAL HEALTH AND CARE WALES
a relatively small system with limited resources . That was part of why I wanted to come and join .”
Digital Health and Care Wales was recently presented with a Digital Leaders Impact Award for the development of its COVID-19 digital immunisation system . In 2020 , it won best UK IT workplace from the BCS , British Computer Society . In 2021 , its Chief Executive Helen Thomas was awarded UK Digital CEO of the Year and recently Finance Director Claire Osmundsen-Little was awarded Digital
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