Joe McDonald – Digital Health https://www.digitalhealth.net News | Networks | Intelligence Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:59:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.digitalhealth.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-dhi_roundal_512_wb-32x32.png Joe McDonald – Digital Health https://www.digitalhealth.net 32 32 164930127 Is the Federated Data Platform too expensive to cancel? https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/09/is-the-federated-data-platform-too-expensive-to-cancel/ https://www.digitalhealth.net/2023/09/is-the-federated-data-platform-too-expensive-to-cancel/#comments Tue, 19 Sep 2023 12:30:33 +0000 https://www.digitalhealth.net/?p=161445

Sticking with a hugely expensive plan to develop a ‘mythical beast’ of a fighter plane in the 1960s did not end well for the government of the day. The Federated Data Platform may be similarly doomed, writes Joe McDonald

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An annual tradition, this year's Joe McDonald Christmas column looks at Christmas past, present and future regarding NHS pressures, IT and digital health.

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In the final Unplugged of 2022, Digital Health CEO and editor-in-chief Jon Hoeksma hosts a bumper special episode, reviewing the past year in the sector.

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In our last column of 2021, Joe McDonalds reflects on Christmases gone by and why Matt Hancock's 'Tech Vision' cannot be forgotten. 

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In a column for Digital Health, Joe McDonald, encourages everyone to share their joy and frustration with EPRs as part of a nationwide survey. 

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This week sees the retirement of Professor Joe McDonald, who has been child psychiatrist for 30 years and is regarded as one of the country’s leading CCIOs.

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As he begins a new chapter in his career at Sleepstation, Joe McDonalds looks at the upcoming challenges and the wider impact of the coronavirus outbreak.

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Clinicians should make use of avialable tools like online CBT, video consultations and apps as the NHS adapts to a digital-first approach, practioners said.

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Joe McDonald has said he is “excited” to be taking on new role as medical director of Sleepstation as he moves on from the Great North Care Record.

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Secretive NHS talks to discuss the potential to commercialise 65 million patients' records risked jeopardising patient trust, Professor Joe McDonald said.

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