Hosted by Public Health Specialist Group
The digital transformation of healthcare is occurring rapidly across the UK and globally. New data and digital technologies (e.g., electronic health records, mHealth, artificial intelligence, wearable devices) are disrupting well-rehearsed clinical and public health workflows. Dietitians have a unique opportunity to lead the digital transformation of the allied health workforce and demonstrate how digital health can help to achieve the Quadruple Aim of Healthcare: better outcomes, reduced costs, better patient experience, and better clinician experience.
This webinar will explore how data and digital technologies are changing nutrition and dietetics practice. Presentations will include evidence-based practices and innovations across three digital health transformation 'Horizons':
Speakers
Horizon 1: Digital health foundations - Dr Oliver Canfell, PhD RD APD, Lecturer in Nutritional Sciences (KCL), Digital Health Emerging Leader Fellow (2020-2023)
Dr Oliver Canfell is an academic dietitian (RD UK, APD Australia) and Lecturer in Nutritional Sciences at King’s College London. Oliver specialises in the prevention and management of obesity across the life course. Oliver's research program links nutrition and dietetics, digital health, and population health to address obesity and related metabolic diseases. Oliver was awarded an Emerging Leader Research Fellowship (2020-2023) by the Australian Government to research digital health transformation, including artificial intelligence, digital hospitals, electronic health records, and precision public health, to improve patient and clinician outcomes in Queensland.
Horizon 2: Data & analytics - Dr Katie Dalrymple, PhD GradStat., Lecturer in Nutritional Sciences (KCL)
Dr Dalrymple is a Lecturer in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at King's College London. Katie is a Nutritionist and has a PhD in Medical Statistics, which focused on diet and physical activity in pregnancy. She is currently working on statistical modelling of electronic health records using maternal and infant data.
Horizon 3: New models of care - Sinead Burke RD, Allied Health Clinical Digitisation Officer, Clinical Lead CKD Dietitian Royal Free London NHS Trust
Sinéad specialises in nutrition for Chronic Kidney Disease and currently supports the strategic delivery of a community CKD service within North Central London. She has previously worked as a multi-disciplinary clinical lead for the London Kidney Network; an interest in reducing unwarranted variation in patient outcomes at scale, combined with a growing experience in digital service transformation has led to her pursuing a formalised role as an AHP information officer. Early work in this arena has focused on projects to improve the digital maturity of AHP services, and to augment the influence of the dietetic or AHP voice in wider transformation work.
Learning outcomes:
At the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:
1. Understand the key concepts of digital health as they apply to nutrition and dietetics, including 'nutrition informatics'
2. Classify the three horizons of digital health transformation and how to pragmatically apply them in healthcare settings
3. Understand key pillars to building digital health foundations in public health systems (Horizon 1)
4. Apply data and analytics principles in routine care and health systems (Horizon 2)
5. Discuss clinical case studies of digital health in nutrition and dietetics practice (Horizon 3)
6. Argue for the role of a digitally competent nutrition and dietetics workforce
The webinar will be hosted on Zoom.
Cost
The webinar is open to everyone and is free to attend.
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