Cognisant of the short time that ministers are in post, Jeremy Hunt, decided when he became Secretary of State oir Health, that to make a
Category: Medicine
At last, a consumer led NHS?
The two driving principles of the new NHS Commissioning Board are transparency and participation. If they are applied radically then they can transform the NHS,
BMJ article: Patients must have control of their medical records
The cover of the British Medical Journal includes my article titled “Patients must have control of their medical records”: Imagine an elderly patient with heart disease,
Teaching clinicians how to conduct online consultations
An article about recent funding for the good folks at Breakthrough reminded me of the importance of the teaching that we give to clinicians at our customer sites.
Belgium conference: Electronic health record, which role for the patient?
Today I spoke at Belgium’s national conference, organised by the Federal Public Service. I was the second speaker in the first session, titled Giving direct access to
Using posters to teach patients about patient-controlled records
The relative of one of our employees saw this poster when in clinic the other day: We were pleasantly surprised to hear about this, because