CCIO Network

The industry CCIO: going over to the dark side?

In the first guest column from members of the Industry CCIO Network, Michael Thick of IMS Maxims discusses some of
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Enter the CCG: on Patient Online

John Lockley is worried about the Patient Online programme – and just how much work making the full GP record
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Joe’s view: of consent to share

As a stroppy teenager, Joe McDonald didn’t think much of his dad’s idea that the Falklands were “there for the
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First Clinical Software Usability Survey reaches milestone

Digital Health Intelligence has completed the first phase of the Clinical Software Usability Survey after collecting ratings for more than
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Enter the CCG: on the Enigma of the NHS

John Lockley has been on a bank holiday trip to Bletchley Park; and concluded that one of its less-sung heroes
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Letter from HIMSS16

Dr Shaun O’Hanlon, the chief medical officer of Emis Group, was in Las Vegas last week for HIMSS16. In this
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Joe’s view of lava lamps (and the Great North Care Record)

Joe McDonald says the NHS is like a lava lamp: constantly changing in response to political heat. But healthcare economies
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Members flock to Ireland’s CCIO council

Ireland’s Council of Clinical Information Officers has 145 members from 35 disciplines and is pushing to formalise the role across
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Wachter focuses on CCIOs

Dr Robert Wachter’s review of the digital future of the NHS will focus on issues of clinical engagement with IT
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Joe’s view: Can the NHS bear to be special?

Joe McDonald is worried that “NHS special” technology services are coming at too high a development and financial cost to
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