Thought Leadership
In sectors as dynamic and challenging as Health and Social Care, no one has a monopoly on wisdom. Our experience, working with inspiring customers on difficult business problems, gives us a privileged view of the sectors that few others have.
This section has some of our latest thinking around how positive change can be made, and indeed how we are making it. This is the basis of our grounds for optimism in both sectors.
Below you can read our articles, written by our expert consultants and some of our customers, that might help you as you tackle some of the same problems we have.
For more details or to discuss anything you see here, please contact a member of the team.
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ePMA systems – success is not just about the technology
Any organisation contemplating an EPMA programme has many issues to resolve on the road to unlocking the unquestionable benefits. Channel 3 has helped organisations go on this journey. The net result has been effective staff structures and roles, and safe IT implementations.
Digital leadership roundtable: The role of the NHS CIO
Channel 3 invited digital leaders to discuss the challenges they face in healthcare, and how the NHS can better support and develop their leaders. Here we share their insights and advice on the importance of mentorship, diversity and ongoing education for digital leaders in healthcare.
Digital social care: What does good looks like for adult social care?
People need joined-up services, that are designed to work together, to help them face complex societal challenges. Joining up is difficult because staff can lack the data, tools, skills and capacity to deliver the quality of services that they aspire to. Nowhere is this truer than in adult social care (ASC), where pressure on staff is huge and the opportunity to alleviate some of that, using a digital approach has not yet been taken.
Using digital to super-charge support for unpaid carers in the UK social care sector
Channel 3's Dr Emma Garland outlines the well-known challenges faced by health and social care systems in providing the right support at the right time to unpaid carers and suggests using digital to supercharge their approach.
Building a preventative model of care through digital transformation
The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) Spring Seminar 2024 kicks off this week, showcasing a packed agenda filled with promise.
The importance of cultural change in digital transformation
Channel 3's Dr Emma Garland outlines the importance of putting people at the heart of digital transformation to maximise your chances of success.
Ed Balls shining a light on adult social care
Whatever your political persuasion, credit should go to Ed Balls for shining a light on the frontline challenges facing adult social care in his recent BBC programme. Far better to lean in and experience it first-hand than deliver unhelpful soap box speeches about ‘fixing’ social care.
Delivering Digital Productivity, a cause for optimism in healthcare
Maximising the financial and operational impact from your digital investment is a must for any organisation or ICS. At Channel 3 we help organisations get the very best out of their digital investment, identifying potential savings of over £15 million.
Electronic Patient Records (EPR) Part 2: Making EPR everyone’s business
Our second article on how Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust is preparing for a transformative shift to Electronic Patient Records (EPR)
Electronic Patient Records (EPR): Laying the foundations for success
How Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust is preparing for a transformative shift to Electronic Patient Records (EPR)
Digitally enabling lives in social care: What we learned at ADASS Spring Seminar
As both the main sponsor and enthusiastic participants of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) Spring Seminar, Ralph Cook - Social Care Partner at Channel 3 Consulting - shares his reflections on the discussions he had with delegates. He gained insights to the sector’s shared ambition and energy to digitally enable lives and in turn, improve outcomes for those who draw on care and support.
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