CCIO Network

Enter the CCG: asks a simple question

John Lockley wants to find a simple answer to a simple question about a supposedly crucial NHS IT target. Can
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Taunton and Somerset: open source EPR pioneers

Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust went live in September 2015 with the UK’s first open source electronic patient record
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Joe’s view: of Caldicott 3

Anyone remember Rabbit? Joe McDonald does; it was a classic technology that was just a bit before it’s time, and
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The industry CCIO: Amir Mehrkar

Described as the ‘Robin Hood of Health IT’, Dr Amir Mehrkar decided to join the corporate world in autumn 2015.
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Enter the CCG: on flying pig documents

Dr John Lockley’s clinical commissioning group has been drawing up its local digital roadmap. It’s chances of delivery? Zero, he
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Joe’s view: of cyber security

Joe McDonald’s mother reckons that if she’s not on the internet she can’t be internet scammed. Turns out, she’s right…
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CSUS: big differences in usability of clinical software

The Clinical Software Usability Survey has found big differences in the reported usability of the software used by NHS staff;
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The industry CCIO: let’s get serious about usability

In the second of Digital Health’s columns from industry CCIOs, Dr Shaun O’Hanlon, chief medical officer of Emis Group, discusses
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Raspberry Pi-based EPR in a box wins NHS Hack Day 13

A go anywhere, Raspberry Pi-based, electronic patient record in a box for emergency medical teams to use when responding to
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Joe’s view: of Patient Online

Joe McDonald wrote his own emergency medical record onto his phone four years ago; now he can access his GP’s
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