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Alexander Hitchcock, Research Manager at Reform, wrote an article for Policing Insight following the publication of our new report on the potential benefits of technology for blue light services. In this article, Alexander reflects on the technological opportunities available.
You can read the full article here.
Eleonora Harwich, Head of Digital and Tech Innovation at Reform, wrote an article in the British Journal of Healthcare Commuting looking at the application of AI in healthcare. She argues that the hype must not ‘cloud judgement around relevance and design’.
You can read the full article here.
On 16 January 2018, Eleonora Harwich, Head of Digital and Technological Innovation at Reform, gave oral evidence to the Science and Technology Select Committee on ‘Algorithms in decision-making’.
Read the full transcript here.
Eleonora’s evidence was also cited in a recent article by Mark Davies in an article for the British Journal of Healthcare Computing. Read the full article here.
“In a recent Science and Technology Select Committee evidence session, Reform’s Eleonora Harwich emphasised that high-quality data is what will ultimately bring value back to the patient.”
Alexander Hitchcock, Research Manager at Reform, wrote an article in Public Finance.
Alexander argues that the Chancellor is right not to spend any tax dividends and should look to spending taxpayer money more strategically in the Budget to meet big challenges such as an ageing population.
Read the full article here.
On 13 March 2018, Reform published Frontline online. Smarter blue light services. The report finds that police, ambulance and fire services can respond more swiftly and accurately to emergency calls with access to better information on callers and situations.
Policing Insight published an article written by Sarah Timmis, Researcher at Reform, originally published as a Reformer blog. Read it here. Additional coverage was included in Health Estates and Facilities Management Association, Think Digital Partners, King’s Fund and Police Professional .
Sarah Timmis, Researcher at Reform, wrote an article in Public Technology on why technology must be embedded into frontline policing.
“The first step is for smartphones to become ‘business as usual’ across the country. This will lead to the adoption other technologies that can further empower police officers to deliver first-rate services fit for the digital age.”
Read the full article here.
On the 7th March, Maisie Borrows, Researcher at Reform, wrote an article in Progress explaining how blockchain technology could enable a better identity model to be used both at our boarder and in other public services.
You can read the full article here
Eleonora Harwich, Head of Digital and Technological Innovation at Reform, wrote an article in Public Sector Focus about the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare.
The article is based on the findings of Thinking on its own: AI in the NHS. It highlights how AI can help the NHS become more efficient and deliver better outcomes for patients as well as addressing the main barriers to the implementation of AI and some of the potential solutions.
Read the full article here.
On 28 November 2017, Reform published a report titled The future of public service identity: blockchain. The report demonstrates how blockchain technology could be used for identity management, shifting the ownership of personal data from government to citizens.
Media coverage included Civil Service World, Silicon, Public Technology, City AM, Computer Weekly, GLINT, Find Biometrics, Tech Market View, Crytovest, International Journal of Open Information Technologies, Find Biometrics and the SAIS Review of International Affairs.
UK Disability News included coverage of a recent blog written by Luke Heselwood, Researcher at Reform, about how technology can improve the UK’s rail system.
See the coverage here.
Eleonora Harwich, Head of Digital and Technological Innovation at Reform, wrote a blog for Kent Surrey Sussex Academic Health Science Network exploring the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. Although the potential is there for huge benefits, making it a reality at scale will take time and effort.
Read the full blog here.
Sarah Timmis, Researcher at Reform, wrote an article in Public Finance on the government’s digital strategy, a year on from the launch of the Government’s Transformation Strategy.
“Better data-sharing and digital leadership are key to transforming government. A year on, government is making steps in the right direction. However, if it to achieve the radical ambitions it rightly sets, 2018 would be the year to pick up the pace.”
Read the full article here.
Maisie Borrows and Daniel El-Gamry, Researchers at Reform, appeared on The General Practice Podcast (from Ockham Healthcare) to discuss the findings of Reform‘s report on reinvigorating the primary care estate.
Listen to the full podcast here
Rachel Cunliffe, City AM Comment Editor, quoted Reform research in a piece in favour of government outsourcing: “… what matters is how much the government saves from not doing everything itself. That’s hard to measure overall, with so many varied contracts, but as an example of what’s possible, a report from the think tank Reform shows that the Department of Work and Pensions was able to cut its web-hosting costs by 90 per cent by using a new digital procurement system to get the best-value deal.”
The Reform research is available here.
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Alexander Hitchcock, Research Manager at Reform, wrote an opinion piece for City A.M arguing that failings in policy have put “undue pressure” on outsourcing companies.