Can the NHS get digital? Why has the NHS been so much slower to use information technology than other sectors and what might be done to encourage it to speed up? These were questions addressed yesterday at an NHS Confederation seminar, but we were urged to talk opportunity not barriers and to avoid answers like [...]
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Cognitive surplus One of the great pleasures of living in London is that a friend can email you (in this case from Salamanca) and say: “Hey, did you know Clay Shirky, a world famous internet guru, is speaking at LSE in 60 minutes?”—and you can drop everything, go, and be thrilled. I knew about Shirky [...]
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It is a real pleasure to announce that Patients Know Best is one of the five winning companies in Min Seedcamp UK. Not only did we receive praise for our vision of improving patient care and for the quality of our team, we were also introduced to helpful investors, lawyers and advisors. Finally, it was [...]
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My mother is deaf in one ear because of her doctor. We do not know exactly what happened, but her ENT physician perforated her ear. This is sad but doctors are human and humans make mistakes. What is even more sad is the reason that we do not know exactly what happened: her doctor refused [...]
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It is with great pleasure that I can announce Dr. David Kibbe is joining the Patients Know Best project by creating a new podcast. Over the last couple of years I have learned a lot from David while doing my own research about patient portals and personal health records at The Advisory Board Company. Whenever [...]
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