60 Seconds Interview: Barry Cotton

  • 26 July 2007

Barry CottonBarry Cotton is head of imaging at the Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Most recently, he has taken charge of the deployment of new Dragon Naturally Speaking speech recognition software in the Homerton hospital radiology department. H

What’s the first thing you do when you get into the office?

Say Good Morning to my deputy and other colleagues

Your favourite gadget at the moment?

My Apple Laptop

What’s the best thing about your job?

Helping people

Favourite book?

To kill a mockingbird

Pet hate?

Jobsworths

Favourite website?

YouTube

What annoys you?

Procedure for Procedures sake

In a perfect world, what would you be doing?

Walking on the beach at sunset every day

What’s caught your eye recently?

An art deco house in South Beach Miami.

e-Health innovation that interests you at the moment

Speech recognition for radiologists – it’s great!

 

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