Northern Ireland is getting ready to implement a fully integrated health and care systems as part of its Encompass programme. The new system will digitally enable the delivery of truly integrated health and care for the citizens of Northern Ireland. Hear from the senior leadership team behind Encompass.
Chair: Daniel Johnston MRes, RN
senior clinical workflow specialist & UK NHS clinical safety officer, Imprivata
Daniel has assumed a range of leadership roles in emergency care provision in both clinical and R&D positions in NHS, Harvard University Hospitals and Health IT industry.
Throughout maintaining his clinical practice, Daniel has occupied management and operational roles directing frontline services to meet the contemporary challenges in healthcare provision. He is also a recipient of a NIHR Clinical Research Fellowship award at King’s College London, researching Emergency Department Overcrowding, Human Factors and Organisation Resilience.
Daniel continues to be active within the nursing community championing the development of Nursing Chief Information Officer role at a national and European level: with involvement in GDE Nursing & Midwifery Learning Community and HIMSS Europe Nursing Informatics Community.
Roisin Coulter
chief executive, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
Dan West
CDIO, NI Health and Care
Dan is the Chief Digital Information Officer (CDIO) for Health and Care in Northern Ireland at the Department of Health. His role is about seizing the opportunity to use data and technology to improve health and care experiences and outcomes in the region, and to create an economically sustainable service for future generations.