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Session One - Wednesday, 12 May 02:30: Shaping the future of digital technology in health and social care - David Maguire, Senior Analyst - Policy, The Kings Fund The King’s Fund have brought together the latest evidence for how emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, smartphones, wearable devices and the internet of things are being used within care settings around the world. It also considers a set of potential futures to distil factors driving change and what this means for ...

While the Covid-19 pandemic placed great pressure on the NHS and social services, it also fuelled the momentum for transformation and the sectors have produced new solutions for long term challenges. The emergence of new data capabilities and progress of technologies such as the internet of things and artificial intelligence are creating a range of possibilities – especially in monitoring vulnerable people while they live independently – but also posing new questions about the ethical use o...