Being open
NHS England’s announcement that open source would be a key feature of its new approach to IT, has sparked widespread controversy. The benefits to the NHS have been widely covered… The post Being open...
View ArticleKeeping the faith
The National Programme for IT in the NHS was predicted to be the world’s largest civilian IT project, instead it is now deemed to be one of the worst and… The post Keeping the faith appeared first on...
View ArticleDigitising healthcare – patients need to feel in control of their data
The failure of care.data has been largely blamed on a poor communication strategy but Paul Cooper, head of research at IMS MAXIMS says it is equally about our cognitive rationale… The post Digitising...
View ArticleOpening up
A year ago almost to the day, I wrote an Industry View declaring that IMS MAXIMS was considering making its MAXIMS PAS and EPR available as an open source solution… The post Opening up appeared first...
View ArticleWith choice comes responsibility
Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants, so long as it is black”. So said Henry Ford, one of the first to master the principles… The post With choice comes responsibility appeared...
View ArticleThe NHS has failed to integrate electronic health records: Give patients...
Article summary: In June the National Information Board should release its roadmap to give patients read and annotation rights to their record; a luxury not to be provided to them… The post The NHS has...
View ArticleTrusting data is the next stage of the NHS’ digital journey
Professor Michael Thick, the transplant surgeon who took on the poisoned chalice of clinical leadership at NHS Connecting for Health and is now chief clinical officer at IMS Maxims, makes… The post...
View ArticleA strategy for quality improvement needs technology at its core
Professor Michael Thick, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Clinical Information Officer at IMS MAXIMS, discusses the role of technology in driving up quality improvements in the NHS. The King’s Fund… The...
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