For our latest interview, we spoke with Cara Afzal, programme director for data and digital at Health Innovation Manchester, about her journey and experiences with digital in healthcare. We started by asking Cara how she got into digital and data and how this journey had brought her to where she […]
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Interview: “You need people with broad experiences to lead digital agendas” William Monaghan, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NFT
Our latest interview features William Monaghan, executive chief digital information officer at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) NHS Foundation Trust. William joined us to chat about the digital projects and priorities at his trust, their emphasis on user-centred design, and his hopes for the future. Hi William, can […]
Interview: “It’s up to ICBs to prioritise community services and make the digital funding that they need available” David Williams, NHS Providers
In our latest interview, we spoke with David Williams, head of policy and strategy at NHS Providers, the membership organisation for NHS hospital, mental health, community and ambulance services that treat patients and service users in the NHS. To begin, we asked David to share a little bit about his background, […]
Interview: Paul Tambeau, chief executive officer of Induction Healthcare
FEATURED INTERVIEW 12 November, 2023 09:00am This week, we’re focusing on patient engagement portals. We spoke with Paul Tambeau, chief executive officer of Induction Healthcare, to hear his perspective. Hi Paul, can you introduce yourself and tell me a bit about Induction Healthcare? “At Induction Healthcare, we are at the […]
Interview: Cynerio’s Daniel Brodie on healthcare cyber risks, improving protections, and the promises of generative AI
In 2017 Daniel Brodie began studying the now infamous WannaCry attack which impacted hospitals worldwide. As his research progressed one theme became obvious – facilities routinely deployed hundreds of medical devices on their networks with minimal security protections. Fueled by the challenge of securing healthcare and insight from family members […]
“Digital mental health will be most successful when there’s good interplay between practitioners and academics” – Dr Martin Dechant on research in digital in mental health
As part of our focus on digital mental health, we spoke with University College London lecturer Dr Martin Dechant about his research around the use of digital interventions in mental health. We first asked Martin to tell us a little bit about himself, and how he came to be lecturing […]
“At the heart of Keystream’s approach is our gold-standard ethos” – James Quirke on the importance of preparedness and onboarding in EPR implementation
For our latest interview, we sat down with James Quirke, director of training and support at Keystream, to discuss his career journey so far, experiences in the industry and the steps for success in Keystream’s EPR implementation process. Hi James, can you introduce yourself and tell me a bit about […]
“It was one of the smoothest go-lives I’ve been party to” David Newey on Royal Marsden’s EPR journey and the markers of successful digital innovation
We recently spoke with The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust’s chief information officer David Newey on his latest digital projects and experiences, including the trust’s EPR go-live in March this year. Royal Marsden’s EPR plans “The procurement for our electronic patient record (EPR) originally started back in 2019, off the […]
“It’s not about installing technology, it’s about asking what improvements we can make” Gary Mooney of InterSystems on EPMA
For our feature series on electronic prescribing and medicines administration (EPMA), we talked to Gary Mooney, clinical solution executive at InterSystems. Gary has been with InterSystems for ten years and has a background in academic medicine and digital clinical solutions. Starting his career in academic medicine with a focus on medical […]
Interview: “Learn to be their partner, not their supplier” – Vijay Magon on his experience over decades of working on digital health solutions
We recently sat down with Vijay Magon from CCube Solutions for a chat about his career in the health tech industry, which began around 30 years ago when he and his team identified an opportunity to offer document management solutions in the UK. Vijay talked to us about his early […]
