Community Hospitals Association SIG - Enhancing Patient Safety and Reducing Hospital Admissions Through Innovative Use of ISLA
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Organiser
Community Hospitals Association
Cost
Free to attend
Who should attend?
- Clinical and non-clinical staff working in community hospitals and hubs
- Staff involved in urgent or unplanned care, triage and care coordination
- Podiatry, lymphoedema, dietetics and tissue viability teams
- Digital health and innovation leads
- Anyone responsible for reducing avoidable hospital admissions or improving patient safety
- Service improvement staff and researchers interested in digital adoption in community settings
- Anyone working in or interested in community hospitals, whatever their role
Why attend?
A free online CHA Special Interest Group session on 7th October 2026, 12.30-1.30pm, via Zoom. Hamid Reza Zolfagharinia, Head of Innovation at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, will discuss the ISLA Care platform for capturing and assessing clinical images. Early results show 64 hospital admissions and 275 home visits avoided, saving an estimated £101k a year. Chaired by Dr Helen Tucker MBE, CHA Fellow. Register here.
