Opinion
System failure
How much did the recent case of Penny Campbell, who died after speaking to eight out-of-hours doctors, have to do with how clinical information was
Paper weight
Cardiac liaison nurse specialst Rob Harteveldt wonders at his increasing mountains of paperwork and asks why IT isn’t reducing the load.
Border control
Neil Versel finds out what barriers still need to be overcome before electronic health record sharing becomes common between European countries.

Helen Thomas: ‘Are our systems ready for the next pandemic? No.’
Helen Thomas, chief executive of Digital Health and Care Wales, discusses the six-year digital strategy

Why technology is key to cutting elective waiting lists
Technology is key to the government’s plans to cut elective waiting lists, writes Vin Diwakar,

Nicola Byrne: ‘Digital formats will always have an inherent risk of attack’
As a practicing psychiatrist, Nicola Byrne, the National Data Guardian, is acutely aware of the

Digital Health’s 2024 Review: Top 10 most read opinion pieces
Although no single theme dominates, several of the best-read opinion pieces reflected on the risks

Joe’s View: A very Aussie Christmas
Joe McDonald is in Melbourne for the festive season. And it isn’t just the heat