Applied health informatics includes the use of big data and analytics, alongside digital platforms, to improve health and care. Ultimately, we aim to enable "learning" health and care systems.
NIHR ARC West provides national leadership on applied health informatics across the ARCs, including convening the cross-ARC Applied Health Informatics Network. The network’s workstreams are:
Observational research
Artificial intelligence
Development, evaluation and implementation of digital tools
Primary Care implementation of Germ Defence, a digital behaviour change intervention to improve household infection control during the COVID-19 pandemic: A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Long-term impact of the expansion of a hospital liaison psychiatry service on patient care and costs following emergency department attendances for self-harm