Author: Tony Blacker
The second half: Designing a minimally viable NHS Service
To succeed in football and in digital services, both rely upon a team and committed supporters to be there for the wins and the losses.
What does a Clinical Product Owner do?
I was recently set a challenge: two actually. I like a challenge or two. The first challenge was to draw on a post-it note a picture of myself and to describe my role. As there was a prize for the ‘best caricature’ I naturally put my best effort into my artwork. The second challenge was to write a blog post. As this was to be my first blog I thought it should at least explain what I wrote on the post-it note.
Identity, the tightrope and being more
Training in the NHS as a Doctor in a specialist area (a Registrar) has a few well-trodden pathways: full time […]
The language of change
When I started my Clinical Informatics journey a few years ago, the organisation I was in subscribed to being a ‘Lean’ organisation and my first indoctrination was by reading ‘The Toyota Way’ by Jeffrey K. Liker. I immediately sped through reading it all and was so happy to have found a common language to be able to explain why I thought a system and a process was wrong, and how one might go about fixing it.
Reflections on my first month as a Topol Digital Fellow
This is my first blog post for the Topol Digital Fellowships programme, so for those who don’t know me I’ll give a quick introduction! My name is Tim Robbins, I am a Diabetes and Endocrinology SpR in the West Midlands.
The Topol review and pharmacy
The practice of pharmacy in the UK has historically been based around three areas: However, to truly optimise the use […]
Making the NHS ready for the digital revolution
Internationally renowned expert Dr Eric Topol will deliver his vision of a digital future for the NHS that will be […]
The Topol programme for Digital Fellowships in healthcare
A core aspect of the NHS Long Term Plan is digital technology and the impact this will have on the […]
Letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Dear Secretary of State, It was a privilege to be asked to lead an independent review to advise on: We […]