Good digital tools are more important than ever in health and care, so we are working to provide health and care staff with the technology needed to do their job in the best possible way. We work collaboratively with health and care staff to understand their needs and problems, listen to their ideas, and then work together to develop solutions.
Tools to help you
Based on our research we have developed guidance and digital tools to support health and care staff in their day-to-day work.
For clinical staff
Are you a healthcare worker, nurse or doctor? Find guidance and digital tools to support you. For example, detailed guidance on using Virtual Visits to run remote consultations or the Pocket Planner tool to capture tasks and ideas whilst on the go.
For all staff
Are you someone who works in health and social care? Find guidance and digital tools to support you and help you make the most out of the technologies available to you.
Here are some examples of the exciting things we have worked on:
Get involved
Share your ideas!
Your Voice is a platform within Microsoft Teams, where you can provide ideas and feedback on how we can improve your experience at work with digital and collaboration tools. You can look at ideas posted by colleagues, vote for ideas you agree with and post new ideas for your colleagues to view and vote on.
Join the Digital Heroes community!
We are working to build a Digital Champions community to help health and care staff collaborate successfully.
Coming soon
Sign up to take part in our research!
Sign up to take part in our research to shape future solutions. This can involve sharing your experiences with us in 1-1 interviews, testing new ideas and providing feedback or taking part in a workshop.
Our blog
In our blog you can find out more about the team, get a sneak peak at the new and exciting tools we have been working on and find case studies from other health and care organisations.
Easily schedule and manage remote consultations in Microsoft Teams by using Virtual Visits.
Use this free schedule management tool in Microsoft Teams to create, update, and manage rotas.
This tool can help you improve your productivity by scheduling time to focus or using the Pomodoro timer.
Receive daily wellbeing reminders that help you look after your physical and mental wellbeing.
Change your background during video calls on MS Teams to a custom NHS background.
Add a new tab to a Microsoft Teams chat or channel to easily view your patient records.
Now, more than ever is it important to create virtual communities that connect people from within the NHS.
Easily keep Microsoft Planner up-to-date, whether you are moving between meetings or out visiting patients.
Secure file sharing in office 365
Find guidance for sharing files in Office 365 for safe collaboration.
This toolkit automates the process of recording, sharing and approving meeting minutes.
Coming soon!
We are also working on some other new, exciting tools that we will be publishing soon:
Automated Contract Approval
We are working with the Christie NHS Foundation Trust to develop an automated way to manage contract approvals.
Virtual Wards
Are you looking to set up a virtual ward? We are developing an app that automatically personalises a Team in MS Teams.
You can create and manage rotas in MS Shifts. We are creating additional functionality so you can check regulations and view reports.
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