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Decision-making in boardrooms is complex. NHS boards, for example, are often overwhelmed by hundreds of pages of data and benchmarking. How can NHS leaders navigate this sea of information to drive real value for patients and staff?   Analysing data from new perspectives, particularly in complex fields like healthcare, can reveal new patterns and insights often missed by traditional approaches. Identifying untapped opportunities for patients and staff.   We’re excited to have Naeem, Founder and CEO of STRASYS, a pioneer in data and decision intelligence, share methods and his experience working with boards to reshape healthcare services and business models and create value for patients, staff, and local communities.   Join us for an insightful session that will also discuss AI’s role in boardrooms and some practical examples of turning complex data into impactful action. Register for free!

The Thinking Differently Newsletter Healthcare has never mattered more but has also never been under greater strain. In the UK and globally.    The strain comes from within healthcare (supply side): escalating costs, insufficient workforce, and trying to meet regulator demands. The strain also comes from the population (demand side): living longer, living with more diseases, expecting more, expecting it now, in an increasingly hard-to-afford and uncertain world.    Whilst advances in science and medicine mean we can do more for more people, the decline in the health of growing cohorts of populations, from mental health to the diseases of obesity and the illnesses of growing inequalities, means how we organised healthcare resources in the 20th century is no longer working for the 21st.    Technology and AI offer solutions but also introduce new challenges. How many “magic bullets” before we acknowledge that magic isn’t real?   The greatest benefit that comes from the oceans of #data is how we shape it, how we analyse it, and how we bring the many sciences carried in human brains together to understand and shape a better future. A future in which we will better fit the advances in technology and #AI and how we will better spend our money to keep people better and fitter for longer, away from hospitals, enjoying life in neighbourhoods and communities.    Following the positive response from our first newsletter, our latest tackles the topic of productivity and how taking an interdisciplinary approach at STRASYS we are helping healthcare leaders to think differently, create the evidence to better allocate resources, shape organisations and build a sustainable future.    Join our community. Be curious, learn, and think differently. Read and subscribe now. https://lnkd.in/eMkJaSGz #thinkingdifferently #healthcare STRASYS

How data and decision intelligence can help NHS boards think differently. The NHS budget for England in the 2024/25 financial year stands at £179 billion and, with recent government commitments, is set to grow.   Yet, with tightening resources and a focus on productivity under the new ten-year plan, the NHS’s 210+ providers face complex trade-offs—balancing risk, managing resources, and transforming services to meet increasing demands.   How can data empower NHS boards to make better, more informed decisions? What is truly possible when data is leveraged in the boardroom?   We’re delighted to welcome James Sumner, Chief Executive of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, to our upcoming webinar. James is a leading advocate for using data to bring objectivity to boardroom discussions, create value, and improve population health outcomes. He will be sharing his experience and practical tips for leaders. Register your place for free here https://lnkd.in/eS8s9dXQ #decisionmaking #dataanalytics #healthcareanalytics #datadrivenhealthcare #AIinhealthcare #healthcaretransformation STRASYS

Approximately 7% of adults in England live with type 2 diabetes. Of these, around 30%—almost 1 million people—remain undiagnosed, according to the Office for National Statistics. This undiagnosed population highlights a crucial opportunity: how can we leverage existing data to drive better health outcomes and reduce missed diagnoses?    In a healthcare landscape often captivated by the latest technologies, like generative AI, it’s easy to be drawn into the hype. Yet, true transformation often lies in harnessing data that’s already available to make practical, actionable changes.    We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Gareth Forbes—GP Partner, Clinical Lead at Clinical Digital Resource Collaborative (CDRC) Precision , Director of Derwentside Healthcare GP Federation, and Informatics Lead for Primary Care Research North East and North Cumbria—to our upcoming session.    Gareth will share his insights and experience on using data in practical ways to drive better decision-making and patient-centred improvements. Register your place for free here: https://lnkd.in/eS8s9dXQ   #DecisionIntelligence #healthcare #NHSInnovation #HealthcareTransformation STRASYS

Professor Sir Muir Gray takes a wider view of the idea of productivity. In his LinkedIn post, Muir describes the wider context of productivity; of course, we all assume that organisations are trying to do the right things more productively. Muir connects his value-based approach to the thinking of Thea Stein at the Nuffield Trust and the critical challenge by Stephen Black, who writes for the Health Service Journal, to the wider meaning of value in healthcare. It is not achieved by throwing more and more money into the frontline, hoping waiting lists, ED waits, and quality will improve. How NHS resources are allocated, managed and improved is not new. Not new because assumptions are made that the existing business model is the only business model that can optimise the allocation, management and improvement. We know that is not true because the data tells the story. Understanding productivity is the start that triggers the journey to new thinking. At STRASYS, we continue our work with Muir and health leaders to think differently and release the trapped value in healthcare.

Can More Data Drive Better Care? With Chancellor Rt Hon Rachel Reeves pledging £22.6bn to the NHS to ease operational pressures, reduce waiting times, and invest in digital solutions, a crucial question remains: how can this funding translate to real, measurable improvements in patient care?    We’re excited to host ZhiQian Huang, CEO and Co-Founder of Logan Tod & Co, in our upcoming webinar. Qian’s extensive work with NHS organisations and pioneering role in using process mining to enhance patient care brings a unique perspective to the conversation. A founding member of the AnalystX team, she understands the vital need to bridge the gap between central strategy and frontline execution.    Join us to hear Qian's views on how to ask the right questions to drive meaningful insights from data, turn them into actionable intelligence, and improve patient outcomes. Register your place for free here: https://lnkd.in/eS8s9dXQ    #DecisionIntelligence #healthcare #NHSInnovation #HealthcareTransformation STRASYS

By 2050, one in four people across Europe and North America will be over the age of 65, significantly increasing pressure on health and care systems. The World Health Organization estimates that the global economy could add up to 40 million new healthcare jobs by 2030. In response, healthcare systems must not only attract and retain skilled professionals but also ensure that resources are used appropriately to deliver the greatest value and focus their time where it truly matters—caring for patients. For boards and leaders, making the right decisions and trade-offs is key. Data offers immense potential to address this gap and enable value-based healthcare systems. Over the years, The NHS in the UK has spent billions on data and analytics solutions, more recently the investment in federated data platforms. But what is the return on investment? From STRASYS analysis, there is a huge variation in how boards and leaders use data to make decisions and deliver value. This is an untapped potential and critical to optimizing the allocation of resources, as well as the promised additional spending by the government to provide better care. Join us at our next Thinking Differently webinar to learn how progressive organizations are using data to enable better decision-making, address the current system challenges, and positively improve patient outcomes. We are delighted to have David Flory CBE chair the webinar and share his expert perspective. David has held several leadership positions in the NHS and has immense experience in leading and transforming healthcare. He is currently chair of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn and connect with leading healthcare innovators. Discover how data can empower healthcare systems and reshape the future of patient care! REGISTER NOW https://lnkd.in/eJ74ppMu #Healthcare #DecisionIntelligence #NHS #Innovation #Data #Analytics

“We have lots of data but little intelligence."   If data is more valuable than oil as a commodity, its value, as with oil, is in the complex business of refinement and increasing product value to meet needs—in this case, making good decisions.   Form over function  In healthcare, we seem most excited by form rather than function. Form in data terms means data lakes, platforms, and even making data pretty. An activity that can cost the taxpayer hundreds of millions.     The function is the hard stuff. The focus where data, even when imperfect, is where, with human intelligence and judgement, generates valuable insights and prompts the right questions.    The critical question  Are we making the best use of data and the art of decision intelligence to enable outcomes that meet population needs?    Up and down the NHS Business Intelligence teams are maxed out, fulfilling all data requests. But how are these used to create value and maximise resource allocation other than fulfilling the needs of NHSE and regulators? As one CEO said recently, “We have lots of data but little intelligence."    Avoiding the trap  Often, health systems fall into the ‘data valley trap’, i.e. letting data and data products lead the discussions and investments. There have been big investments in connected datasets and the recent federated data platforms. Generative AI is the new thing in town. No doubt these will be helpful, but history and other sector experiences show that these are not the elusive silver bullets we are forever chasing.     Thinking differently  The world is far more complex. We need to think about connections and the right questions to ask. We need to move away from a command-and-control approach to using data to encourage organisations to be more curious and confident. We need to get the right balance between science and the very human experience of decision-making.     Join our webinar  In our upcoming webinar, we will discuss solutions that can help radically reimagine health services using data we already have. We’ll share real-world examples, focusing on decision-makers within organisations and frontline staff making daily choices to maximise value from finite resources.     Join our esteemed panel of experts as we think differently about using healthcare data to drive better decisions and improve patient outcomes.    REGISTER NOW  https://lnkd.in/eS8s9dXQ #decisionmaking #dataanalytics #healthcareanalytics #datadrivenhealthcare #AIinhealthcare #healthcaretransformation

The ‘new’ rhetoric for #NHS reform seems to have settled on three bylines: - Cure to prevent - Acute to community - Analogue to digital The rhetoric is not new. The government is new. The leadership thinking…? #Productivity is the problem Working harder is not the solution We need a #paradigm shift to meet needs An essay connecting some dots, trying to break the productivity fever…

How to improve workforce wellbeing and productivity in a healthcare system with competing priorities and limited resources?    By using data to help leaders think differently to develop radical people strategies and methods and make better decisions to address the unique needs of their workforce.    Thank you to HPMA Healthcare People Management Association for hosting a webinar with Naeem Younis, STRASYS founder and CEO, Melissa Swindell, CPO, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, and Heather Barnett, CPO, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.     Read more here to discover the key takeaways, practical insights and real-world success stories. https://lnkd.in/eyk7riRx   #ThinkingDifferently #WorkforceTransformation #DecisionIntelligence #”