A framework for technology enhanced learning identifies six key principles recommending that technology used as part of a learning solution for the benefit of patients should:
- be patient centred and service driven
- be educationally coherent
- be innovative and evidence based
- deliver high quality educational outcomes
- deliver value for money
- ensure equity of access and quality of provision.
The framework, in line with the White Paper ‘From equity to excellence: Liberating the NHS’, recognises the value of local ownership and diversity, and highlights the benefits of appropriate co-operation and collaboration where this can deliver more cost effective solutions than fragmented local provision.