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.

Industry Spotlight: Mark Chester, assistant director of technology in digital and data services
At UHDB, Mark Chester has been spearheading efforts to move years of legacy data into

Prevention becoming reality: A new approach to supporting patients on the waiting list
An integrated care system is using novel technology to identify patients in greatest need, offer

‘Winning Pitchfest gave us an amazing platform to talk about our product’s impact’
It has been a very good year for Limbic, winner of the scale-up category in

Real time data collection changes the game for the stroke patient pathway
An integrated live stroke registry can enable clinicians to stay on the front foot across

Better information sharing will improve diabetes care
Clinical decisions about people with diabetes are too often based on “guesswork”. Effective information sharing