Digital Health profile: Cindy Fedell
Kim Thomas talks to the executive director of informatics and IT at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; a native of Canada who moved to Britain three years ago.
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Andy Kinnear: never too old for school
Andy Kinnear came away from this year’s annual Health CIO Summer School inspired – and signed up to a new pledge to promote professionalism.
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Andy Kinnear: It’s only ever about the people
Meet some of the people behind Bristol’s Connecting Care project. The ones who make it all worthwhile. And remember; all worthwhile things are ultimately about the people.
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Southend University Hospital improves clinical efficiency with Imprivata
Southend University Hospital NHS Trust has deployed Imprivata’s OneSign single sign-on across its wards – including A&E and surgical specialties – leading to security improvements and freeing up time better spent caring for patients.
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Andy Kinnear: a game of two halves
Andy Kinnear ponders what it means to be a professional, drawing a little inspiration from Crewe Alexandra along the way.
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Digital Health, BCS and CHIME partner on CIO qualification
Digital Health is in discussions with BCS Health and CHIME UK to offer NHS chief information officers the US-developed certified health CIO qualification.
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Andy Kinnear: All in IT together
Andy Kinnear, the new chair of BCS Health and one of the driving forces behind Bristol’s Connecting Care project, joins Digital Health’s roster of regular columnists with a reflection on 25 years in healthcare IT; and a sense of optimism about its future.
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Colin and Clive’s 12 top tips for a successful EPR project
Colin Sweeney and Clive Stringer worked for 20 and 35 years respectively in IT at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. They share their top tips for implementing electronic patient record systems.
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Andy Kinnear new head of BCS Health
The high-profile leader of Bristol’s Connecting Care shared records programme, is to become the new head of the British Computer Society’s Health Group.
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Ade Memoire: feeling appathetic
In one of his occasional columns, Adrian Byrne, Southampton’s director of IT and chair of the Health CIO Network, considers the gap between the hype and reality of health apps; and the work that will need to be done to close it.
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