Tag Information Systems
I feel privileged, as a clinician, to be on the senior management team of the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OoCIO), a member of the eHealth Ireland committee and the coordinator of the Council of Clinical Information Officers (CCIO).… Read More
At high school it became a yearly tradition (to my mother’s happiness) that I received the pastoral award for my contribution towards caring for fellow students. When asked the popular question, ‘What do you want to do when you grow… Read More
It is nearly three years since I went to a football game, but a couple of weekends ago I made it back. Some would argue that Oakwell is perhaps not the epitome of the great game, its not quite grass… Read More
Well it’s more than just the second letter! eHealth has quickly become the term to provide an overarching reference point for all elements of technical advancement that supports the provision of health care. It’s not just a new ‘cool’ name… Read More
What to do? The need for detailed analytics capability is on the rise across the length and breadth of the organisation and the resource is limited. With the advent of the Open Data Platform (ODP) built on the QlikView technology… Read More
The world moves more and more quickly. The Stone Age lasted 48,000 years and came to an end with the innovation of how to create iron. The Iron Age and the Industrial Revolution changed the world at a rate so… Read More
I have been asked to present at a summit of CIOs (http://www.ciouksummit.com/) later this week on the subject above and therefore thought it would be of use, and hopefully of interest to get some of the ideas down on here.… Read More
Security and research information is a hot topic right now for a number of reasons, not least the transparency agenda and the desire, quite rightly, to be as open as possible about data relating to the conditions and outcomes of… Read More
Leading a team. How did that become the key role of an Informatics specialist? The day the specialist became a CIO, that’s when! Trying to build a team whilst leading a team and trying to create enthusiasm in a whole… Read More
Innovation is an abstract of what we do every day, but a new system that has been a couple of years in the coming will be delivered by Father Christmas this year. A system that will become the spine of… Read More