Manifesto Welcome to digitaldoc Hello! Welcome to digitaldoc, it’s great to have you :) I know that first impressions are important, and that is why I have worked really hard to show you my vision. This is
Phd PhD Symposium 15th April 2019 Lancaster University’s Postgraduate symposium is here for another year. I am honoured to have the opportunity to display my research. If you are at the symposium now and are unsure about the symbol...
Phd Time for some inspiration Nine months into my part-time PhD and I’ve finally made it through the seven stages of grief. Shock and disbelief, denial, anger, bargaining, guilt, depression and finally, acceptance. I now have hope for...
Digital health Why we must strive for continuity of care (Part 2): Improving continuity My previous post outlined how continuity of care is in a state of decline, at a time when there is a growing need for more co-ordinated care. Co-morbid long-term conditions, frailty and older...
Community Leaders : Don’t be a hero It used to be easy. I remember as a child watching films and early morning weekend cartoons, there was a villain and there was a hero, they were easy to tell the difference....
Digital health Why we must strive for continuity of care (Part 1): what are the benefits and what is stopping us? There is little to argue against continuity of care. It is highly valued by patients and General Practitioners, improving satisfaction in both groups. It is a fundamental building block of a high-performing Primary...
Community Attention! Be engaging How do you encourage engagement? How do we motivate people to listen to what we have to say? Keep their attention! But how do you do that? How do you maintain the interest...
Community Why 2 heads aren’t always better than one As I engage with the health community (Health professionals, patients & carers, third sector, Health researchers) locally and ideas on some of the problems and possible solutions start to be presented, I wanted...
Digital health General Practice, not waving but drowning: 5 innovations that could hold the answer General Practitioners face a daily attack on their cognitive and decision-making skills. Mental fatigue is shown to affect physical performance and increase perceived exertion (Van Cutsem 2017). The trend in healthcare is for...
Community Its time... time to innovate Its time to start this thing. I have some ideas that are going to need some smart, industrious, fantastical, alternative-thinking, driven individuals to help solve. If you’ve been reading my blog, however, you...
Digital health Integrating technology into the NHS is hard, but it doesn’t have to be. We undoubtedly live in an age where health is starting to experience an unprecedented influence from digital technologies. Tony Young, National Clinical Lead for Innovation, is driving a vision for innovation in healthcare....
Community Want to lead? First learn to listen… When trying to get your message across, it is easy to think the most important part is conveying the message. Talking, speaking, telling others what we are thinking. But there is a lot...
Community Building the team: how do we share the vision? In a World of relentless data and information, finding a common path, a vision to unite us, to create a mutual understanding is of paramount importance. But how do those people come together?...
Digital health iPLATO: A different approach to GP appointments How do you square the circle of patient access, patient choice and Primary Care workload? It looks like iPLATO may have an answer. After a meeting today with Kieran Waterston (Regional Client Director...
Phd Burnout and back again Let me tell you a story I hope you never relate to… As a classic high-achiever, my progression through medical training, foundation years, GP training, salaried General Practice and then partnership was an...
Digital health How do we solve a problem like General Practice? The King’s Fund (King’s Fund, 2016) describes a crisis in General Practice. Demand, work intensity and the complexity of care continues to increase. The Problem Funding and workforce remain overshadowed by substantial workload...
Leadership Leaders, have we lost sight of the game we are in? Today is the 70th Anniversary of the NHS. It represents a cultural ideal. It is hailed by many as a fantastic achievement, but are we doing it a disservice? Let me ask you...
Phd Encouraging Accountability This S**t just got real… So the procrastination is over, a line has been drawn in the sand and I have gone on record with claims about my current project and predictions for...
Manifesto Be passionate - Strength as an individual How can you or I as one individual, in a world of billions, make a significant difference? For most of us, we do make differences everyday, the changes we make are usually subconscious...
Manifesto Challenge the limitations - Do not accept the way things are Many of our limitations are self-inflicted. They can be overcome, but require a change in attitude. But what are these limitations and how do we overcome them? The system: System /ˈsɪstəm/ noun a...
Manifesto Do Something So we have considered our drivers and some of the limitations, now is the time for action… …but what action? How do we start? Suddenly the problem seems massive...
Phd Origin Story There are no radioactive spiders, no billions in the bank to build a high-tech suit or a Batcave, I’m not from Krypton or Asgard… Despite wanting to be a superhero all through primary...
Digital health Heath+Care / Digital Healthcare Show The highs and low-down of this 2018’s Health+Care and Digital Healthcare Show It was those magical 2 days in June, when 10,000 people decend on London’s ExCeL to talk about all things Health,...
Manifesto Mitigate the adverse The fear and loathing of unintended consequences… With the best intentions in the world, what I do with this blog, this Community, this vision, may have unintended consequences. It may even be harmful....
Phd My PhD Becoming a Digital Health Unicorn : A path from Hacker to Academic A chasm exists between those with the technical expertise to build complex technology systems and those on the frontline of healthcare...
Community Calling all Digital Pioneers! Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin… Come with me, And you’ll be in a world of pure imagination. Take a look and you’ll see into your imagination. We’ll begin, with a spin,...
