Enter the CCG
Dr John Lockley would like to introduce you to Paula; the woman who inspired ‘the Paula Test’ that IT suppliers, informaticians and enthusiasts should always bear in mind.
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Apply by Friday for Nye Bevan programme
NHS England is offering senior IT and information leaders the chance to take part in a leadership course designed to enable high-flying managers to “drive change” in the NHS.
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Hull triages A&E patients through kiosks
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is using self-check-in and triage kiosks in its emergency department.
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Joe’s view: All I want for Christmas
A Christmas Eve misunderstanding once led Joe McDonald to thump someone with a Tracey Island. He doesn’t want similar problems to lead the NHS into being walloped with its own data.
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CCIO profile: James Reed
Claire Read talks to the chief clinical information officer of Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust about how a ZX Spectrum made him determined to work in both medicine and IT.
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Enter the CCG
Dr John Lockley used to hate TPP’s SystmOne, but now he’s seen the latest version he has the zeal of a convert; mainly because of the opportunities it holds out for data sharing.
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The very image of a leader
Dr Rhidian Bramley, the winner of the inaugural ‘CCIO award for clinical informatics leadership’ at this year’s EHI Awards, talks to Kim Thomas about his work at The Christie.
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Turning the ship
EHI brought a group of US information leaders to the second CCIO Leaders Network Annual Conference, and they told their fledgling UK colleagues that they must be willing to stand up and say ‘stop’ and ‘turn back’ when necessary. Claire Read reports.
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Lots done, lots still to do
The second CCIO Leaders Network Annual Conference found many more chief clinical information officers in post and working in teams; but that left room for debate about development, Claire Read discovered.
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CCIOs need teams – Jonathan Kay
More chief clinical information officers are being appointed, but now they need to work in teams, Professor Jonathan Kay has told the second CCIO Leaders Network Annual Conference at EHI Live 2013.
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