[PODCAST] Digital Health Unplugged: The Interoperability Conundrum: Is “Analog to Digital” Enough?

The NHS 10-Year Plan sets out an ambitious vision to move the health service from analogue to digital but does digitisation alone create a truly interoperable, data-driven NHS? In reality, large volumes of NHS data may be technically digital yet remain difficult to use, locked in departmental silos, left behind in replaced EPR systems, or buried within growing volumes of paper records. In this podcast, Adam Coombes from BridgeHead Software and Andy Meiner from SI-Squared explore why the NHS must move beyond simple digitisation toward true digitalisation. They discuss how data only becomes valuable when enriched with structure, standards, and metadata and share practical insights into how healthcare organisations can overcome hidden interoperability barriers and unlock data to support clinical care, operational insight, and the ambitions of the NHS’s long-term digital strategy.

Speakers:

• Adam Coombes, BridgeHead Software
• Andy Meiner, SI Squared