LA Confidential
Dr Sajjad Yacoob, the chief medical information officer at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, tells Claire Read why his role is such an important one.
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Joe’s view of Christmas past, present and future
Joe McDonald has seen the future of NHS IT – in a GP surgery. And there’s a pint waiting at the Trent House in Newcastle, if anybody wants one.
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Another view: Neil Paul
Our GP columnist hasn’t seen a ‘game changing’ bit of IT kit recently, but wonders if Emis mobile may be the next big thing.
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Can you help me, Dr Geek?
The first Digital Doctors Conference in London covered the basics of programming. Lis Evenstad found delegates enthusiastic about everything from learning HTML to generating ideas for apps.
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Special report: PACS/RIS
Vendor neutral archiving is one of the hottest topics in imaging informatics, Becky McCall discovers.
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St Helens star
Neil Darvill, the director of the St Helens and Knowsley Health Informatics Service, won this year’s vote for Healthcare IT Champion of the Year. Rebecca Todd caught up with him at EHI Live 2012.
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The life of Brian
Brian James, the outspoken chief executive of The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, spoke to Lyn Whitfield as he got ready to retire after a working life spent shaking up NHS IT.
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CCIO profile: Dr Ian Jackson
The chief clinical information officer at York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is also its clinical safety officer. Daloni Carlisle reports.
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Power to the people
Dr Paul Hodgkin, the founder and chief executive of Patient Opinion, wonders why policy makers are obsessed with choice, when patients seem to want voice.
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Life and LIMS
Good information systems are needed to support the promised transformation of pathology services; but politics and finances are getting in the way. Daloni Carlisle reports.
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