
Opinion


Adding a bit of lippy
Dr Susan Hamer and Anne Cooper were the winners of the CCIO Award for Clinical IT Leadership at last year’s EHI Awards for a course

Access denied
The government has promised that patients will have online access to their GP records by 2015; yet enthusiasm from GPs and patients is limited. Fiona

Another view
GP Neil Paul was amused by some of the easyThoughts of his fellow columnist, Joe McDonald, but would like to see more of his workload

A quick waltz round ECR 2013
More than 20,000 visitors are expected to attend the 25th European Congress of Radiology in Vienna, next week. Paul Curran takes a look at the

Is the Federated Data Platform too expensive to cancel?
Sticking with a hugely expensive plan to develop a ‘mythical beast’ of a fighter plane

AI revolution must respect patients’ right to consent
Safeguards to ensure patient data is handled ethically are essential, writes Proximie’s Nadine Hachach-Haram, a

‘Time released to care’ should not be the main measure of digital’s success
There should be much greater focus on the ‘benefits realisation’ of digital projects in the

Letby: Could tech help detect NHS staff deliberately harming patients?
The horrifying case of neonatal nurse and convicted murderer Lucy Letby raises questions for NHS

Industry Spotlight: David Hunt, director, clinical product and revenue cycle development,Oracle Health
For David Hunt, software development in healthcare is an ‘art form’ that saves lives, writes