Joe’s view of choice
Joe McDonald has been to Croatia. Where his yacht lacked the promised wi-fi. Which made him think of his first stethoscope. Which brought his thoughts back to NHS IT.
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Enter the CCG: on user groups
Dr John Lockley argues that the user groups run by the major software houses are one of the strengths of primary care IT; and secondary care suppliers and users should learn from them.
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Joe’s view: the price of interoperability
A miserable trip to the WOMAD festival – and its toilets – got Joe McDonald thinking about pricing models for interoperability services.
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Enter the CCG: defends the e-Referral Service
Dr John Lockley acknowledges that the e-Referral Service has not had the smoothest of go-lives, but says it was always going to face some unknown unknowns and it is what happens next that matters.
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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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