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David Hancock

How sharing data can make us healthier

9 November 2021

David Hancock, healthcare executive advisor at InterSystems, explores why he thinks data sharing can enhance the quality of healthcare.

Chris Sawyer

Bringing the right care at the right time during Covid-19

2 November 2021

Chris Sawyer from Innovate UK discusses innovators who’ve helped strengthen the health service and bring the right care at the right time during Covid.

Industry Spotlight: Ryan Irwin, senior health network strategy executive, Cerner

27 October 2021

Ryan Irwin’s career trajectory has rocketed from martial artist to NHS director. Now working for Cerner, he uses population-wide data to help improve individual health.

Visionable & SameYou announce partnership to improve & innovate brain rehabilitation and recovery

26 October 2021

Visionable has partnered with SameYou, Emilia Clarke’s charity that helps to increase and improve neurorehabilitation provision for brain injury survivors, to deliver a global digital

Cyber Protection

Could cyber security be the next big healthcare emergency?

26 October 2021

With threats on the rise, Sectra’s Chris Scarisbrick considers the cyber security landscape including how far cloud adoption can help the NHS.

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Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

28 May 2025

The push for a single patient record is ill-advised and doomed to failure, writes Joe

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Time to rethink how we evaluate digital technologies in healthcare

21 May 2025

Traditional methods of evaluation are often too slow, rigid and costly for the fast-moving world

Hayley Grafton

Grafton: ‘The 10 year plan needs to be ambitious – I don’t know if it will be’

14 May 2025

Hayley Grafton, CNIO at University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, has high hopes for the NHS

Female doctor on laptop

Abolishing NHSE diverts attention from local staffing shortages

7 May 2025

Upheaval at the centre is a distraction which could worsen shortages of digital expertise on

We need to focus on value – and optimise our existing technology

30 April 2025

New technology can bring immediate efficiencies but after a few years “the picture changes”, writes

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

Better information sharing will improve diabetes care

Opinion

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

Why technology is key to cutting elective waiting lists

Digital Transformation

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

NHS workforce: Standards for a digital staff passport will help the NHS simplify and improve recruitment

Opinion

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

Make shared care records work for urgent and emergency care

Opinion

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

Nicola Byrne: ‘Digital formats will always have an inherent risk of attack’

AI and Data

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

How to ensure data from monitoring devices is ‘meaningful’

Opinion

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

Underpin the vision for primary care-led services with better data

Opinion

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

Login delays are the least of the legacy tech problems facing the NHS

Cyber Security

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

Better information sharing will improve diabetes care

Opinion

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

Why technology is key to cutting elective waiting lists

Digital Transformation

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

NHS workforce: Standards for a digital staff passport will help the NHS simplify and improve recruitment

Opinion

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

Make shared care records work for urgent and emergency care

Opinion

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

Nicola Byrne: ‘Digital formats will always have an inherent risk of attack’

AI and Data

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

How to ensure data from monitoring devices is ‘meaningful’

Opinion

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

Underpin the vision for primary care-led services with better data

Opinion

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

Login delays are the least of the legacy tech problems facing the NHS

Cyber Security

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

Better information sharing will improve diabetes care

Opinion

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

Why technology is key to cutting elective waiting lists

Digital Transformation

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

NHS workforce: Standards for a digital staff passport will help the NHS simplify and improve recruitment

Opinion

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

Make shared care records work for urgent and emergency care

Opinion

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

Nicola Byrne: ‘Digital formats will always have an inherent risk of attack’

AI and Data

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

How to ensure data from monitoring devices is ‘meaningful’

Opinion

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

Underpin the vision for primary care-led services with better data

Opinion

Joe McDonald: ‘The single patient record is too big to succeed’

Login delays are the least of the legacy tech problems facing the NHS

Cyber Security