Joe McDonald

Archive
8 September 2016

CCIO Network leaders urge adoption of Wachter recommendations

Members of the CCIO Network have warmly welcomed the report of US 'digital doctor' Robert Wachter, and its proposals to
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12 July 2016

Joe’s view: of Caldicott 3

Anyone remember Rabbit? Joe McDonald does; it was a classic technology that was just a bit before it’s time, and
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15 June 2016

Joe’s view: of cyber security

Joe McDonald’s mother reckons that if she’s not on the internet she can’t be internet scammed. Turns out, she’s right…
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20 May 2016

Joe’s view: of Patient Online

Joe McDonald wrote his own emergency medical record onto his phone four years ago; now he can access his GP’s
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3 March 2016

Joe’s view of lava lamps (and the Great North Care Record)

Joe McDonald says the NHS is like a lava lamp: constantly changing in response to political heat. But healthcare economies
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1 December 2015

Joe’s view: of the clinical software usability survey

Joe McDonald explains why Digital Health and the CCIO Network are running a survey of usability of electronic patient records
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19 October 2015

Joe’s view: of wearables

Thanks to his Apple Watch, Joe McDonald can sit on a yacht in Turkey and receive text messages from his
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14 September 2015

Joe’s view of choice

Joe McDonald has been to Croatia. Where his yacht lacked the promised wi-fi. Which made him think of his first
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10 August 2015

Joe’s view: the price of interoperability

A miserable trip to the WOMAD festival – and its toilets – got Joe McDonald thinking about pricing models for
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13 May 2015

Joe’s view: of online GPs flying EasyJet

On a recent trip to London, Joe McDonald found himself using an online GP service; and realised it worked on
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