For our latest interview, we caught up with Neill Crump, digital strategy director at Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, for a chat about the digital methods undertaken by the Dudley Group and what these mean in practice; his belief in collaborative working and professional development; and the importance of personalising […]
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Video interview: Sajid Azeb, chief operating officer and deputy chief executive at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS FT on its Command Centre
Like many organisations across the NHS, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTHFT) has faced pressures on its emergency department, constraints on bed capacity and patient flow, and challenges with its non-elective care pathway. Without clear insights about patient and ward circumstances during the admissions and transfer processes, patients weren’t […]
Interview: “If you wait for perfection, you will never do anything” Ian Mackenzie, NHS leader
For our latest interview we sat down for a chat with Ian Mackenzie, an NHS leader with over 35 years of experience in digital healthcare. Ian retired in 2021 but has been holding interim roles since then. Ian’s background and experience in digital healthcare Ian first started working in the […]
Interview: Benedict Tan, group chief digital strategy officer and chief data officer at SingHealth, Singapore
HTN recently caught up with Benedict Tan, group chief digital strategy officer and chief data officer for SingHealth – the largest public healthcare cluster in Singapore. Benedict shared with us his vision for digital leadership, some of the outcomes and successes of SingHealth’s implementation of digital solutions such as a […]
Interview: Rich Temple, vice president and CIO at Deborah Heart and Lung Center, New Jersey
For a recent interview, HTN caught up with Rich Temple, vice president and chief information officer at Deborah Heart and Lung Center in New Jersey, to find out more about the organisation’s digital status, priorities and progress from the last 12 months. Rich started out by offering a brief introduction […]
Interview: Kumbi Kariwo, Birmingham Community Healthcare, on utilising Isla for inclusive wound care
HTN sat down with Kumbi Kariwo, equality and inclusion project lead at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, to learn more about her research into wound care in darker skin tones and how this has translated into practice in Birmingham and beyond. Identifying health inequalities On what inspired her to […]
Interview: Kate Renzenbrink, CCIO at The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne
We recently caught up with Kate Renzenbrink, Chief Clinical Informatics Officer (CCIO) at The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (Eye and Ear) in Melbourne. Kate shared insight around recent digital projects, priorities, and the wider digital health landscape in Australia. Kate recently started working for the Eye and Ear […]
Interview: Martin Sadler, executive director of IT and digital, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust
We caught up with Martin Sadler, executive director of information technology and digital at Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, for a chat about some of the trust’s recent digital projects and priorities, including considerations for launching a new hospital; how AI is used in radiology at the trust; and […]
Interview: “There is a wider opportunity around different organisations working together” Louise Croxall, CNIO at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
HTN sat down to talk with Louise Croxall, chief nursing information officer for Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, to hear more about the trust’s digital priorities, the data work that has led to achievement of HIMSS stage six validation, thoughts on developing a strong digital workforce, and more. Louise […]
Blog: “Unlocking the insights that our data can provide us is central to our ambition” Mark Cubbon, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Mark Cubbon, group chief executive at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, shares his insights on the digital focuses at his trust in this blog for HTN, as well as MFT’s EPR journey and their efforts to tackle health inequalities. Digital focus at MFT I joined Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust […]
