Summer school report
Now in its third year, the annual CCIO summer school brought together a record number of CCIOs; and saw them keen to talk about interoperability. Digital Health chief executive Jon Hoeksma picks out the highlights.
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Joe’s view: NHSmail
Joe McDonald’s favourite Turkish boat has wi-fi and email access; because that’s what its customers want. Shame the NHS struggles to think the same way…
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Enter the CCG: on good housekeeping
Dr John Lockley explains why the requirement to keep medical records up to date is harder to achieve than it sounds.
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Joe’s view: interoperability is the new black
Joe McDonald has seen some impressive record sharing efforts recently, and thinks the big remaining question is how to fund similar across the country.
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Joe’s view: of online GPs flying EasyJet
On a recent trip to London, Joe McDonald found himself using an online GP service; and realised it worked on the EasyJet model. Can the NHS manage to adopt this kind of innovation?
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Enter the CCG: on Painting by Numbers
John Lockley feels over-positive tweets and communications to the NHS do nobody any favours. Fortunately, the new e-Referral Service is not taking this approach.
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Enter the CCG: on prene-ing
Dr John Lockley has a new concept: the prene. This is a selfish activity, plan or program that fails to interact with its surroundings – or consider its impact on them – and there’s too many about.
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Joe’s view: of identity
Joe McDonald is forever coming across new ways to prove his identity and thinks it is about time that the NHS got into the same business.
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Joe’s view of telehealth
On holiday in the Alps, Joe McDonald invents teleplumbing. Now he’s got big plans for Skypiatry…
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Enter the CCG: filling the smoke filled void
John Lockley finds curious parallels between a smoking chimney and a choking healthcare IT and information set-up. The solution to both, he suggests, is to look at the throughput of the whole system.
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