The following represent a none exhaustive list of some of the excellent resources around digital healthcare technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

A Health and Care Digital Capabilities Framework (Health Education England)

A Health and Care Digital Capabilities Framework (Health Education England)

The Health and Care Digital Capabilities framework focuses on the core digital capabilities needed by those working in health and care. This is presented in four levels against six domains of digital literacy adapted from JISC2.

Understanding healthcare workers confidence in AI (Health Education England and the NHS AI Lab)

The report focuses on building confidence in the use of AI technologies, including when and how to use AI safely, ethically and effectively30.

Evidence standards framework for digital health technologies (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence)

A description of the evidence standards framework for digital health technologies. The report includes evidence of the effectiveness of technology for the purpose of supporting developers and commissioners of digital health technologies25.

The Topol Review (Health Education England)

A key independent review on the preparation of the healthcare workforce for delivering the digital future. Expert opinion from both the UK and abroad was collated to explore leveraging digital technology for use in a modern health service1.

The Goldacre Review (Department of Health and Social Care)

Better, Broader, Safer: Using Health Data for Research and Analysis is a review that explores the potential of NHS data for researchers, innovators and commissioners whilst maintaining the privacy and security of patients data.

References

1 Health Education England (2019) The Topol Review: Preparing the healthcare workforce to deliver the digital future

2 Health Education England (2018) A Health and Care Digital Capabilities Framework

25 NICE (2022) Evidence standards framework (ESF) for digital health technologies

30 Painter, A., Nix, M., Omisiforou, G. (2022) Understanding Healthcare Workers Confidence in AI

Page last reviewed: 14 February 2023
Next review due: 20 February 2024