Outgoing NHS England CIO reflects on three-year national role
Will Smart struck a sanguine tone at the Digital Health Summer Schools as he reflected on his past three years as NHS England’s chief information officer.
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AI: Injecting Intelligence into Healthcare
Accenture’s six-country survey among 180 C-level health executives says adoption of AI is measured, but real. The survey assessed beliefs about market maturity, practical and clinical challenges to the adoption of AI in healthcare.
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Will Smart’s departure confirmed for end of September
NHSX CEO, Matthew Gould, tweeted to personally thank Smart for his work as the CIO for Health and Care, saying it had been ‘a pleasure’ working with him.
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NHS England chief information officer Will Smart ‘set to move on’
Sources told Digital Health that Smart is expected to leave his role as part of the wholesale shake-up of IT leadership at NHS England.
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South London and Maudsley CIO Stephen Docherty to join Microsoft
Stephen Docherty will be taking up the new role of industry executive for health at Microsoft in June after more than four years at SLAM.
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Richard Corbridge to leave Leeds Teaching Hospitals
Digital Health News understands Corbridge, who joined Leeds in 2017, is joining Walgreens Boots Alliance as its global director of innovation.
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Do we need to get digital leaders on every board?
If digital leadership is truly to flourish in the NHS, do CIOs and CCIOs need to be on boards? In advance of a session at Digital Health Rewired, Adam Wright – senior policy officer at NHS Providers – considers the issue.
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NHS Digital Academy CEO Rachel Dunscombe takes up role at KLAS Research
KLAS confirmed Dunscombe would be retaining her role as CEO of the Academy and have “a part-time strategic role” with the Northern Care Alliance (NCA) NHS Group, for which she is currently director of digital.
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Finding the right path to a digital career in the NHS
It’s a decade since Aasha Cowey started the role which would set her on the path to a career in digital health. But she says that for her and others like her, working out how to be a member of the next generation of digital leaders is not always an easy proposition.
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Movers and shakers news round-up
Our latest movers and shakers round up features a CCIO appointment in Norfolk and a new group chief executive appointment at The Royal Free.
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