Health CIO

Andy Kinnear new head of BCS Health

The high-profile leader of Bristol’s Connecting Care shared records programme, is to become the new head of the British Computer
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Ade Memoire: feeling appathetic

In one of his occasional columns, Adrian Byrne, Southampton’s director of IT and chair of the Health CIO Network, considers
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Leadership summit: full steam ahead?

The first Digital Health Leadership Summit heard the government wants to create the ‘railroad’ over which local IT services can
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‘Stars are aligned’ for health IT – Freeman

Health ministers are “completely behind” the digitisation of health and social care because “it is urgent for personal care, it
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Salford best practice site visit: Rock stars, roadies and sexy data

NHS IT leaders went to Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust to learn from its implementation of electronic patient records and
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Hospitals need to get to grips with IT – Nuffield report

NHS hospital boards need to get to grips with the potential benefits and pitfalls of implementing information technology, a new
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Minister to give keynote at digital health summit

Life sciences minister George Freeman and National Information Board interim chair John Newton are amongst the keynote speakers at a
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NHS IT leaders say ‘paperless’ possible

Two-thirds of NHS IT leaders say they are confident their organisation can meet the goal to become paper-light by the
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NHS IT leaders not getting on boards

The first Digital Health Intelligence NHS IT Leadership Survey has found that only a third of chief information officers and
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NHS England backs IT leader networks

NHS England is supporting the continued development of the Chief Clinical Information Officer Network and Health Chief Information Officer Network,
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