Hybrid Lecture: Discombobulation at 40ppm

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BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Our Derek Hoy Memorial Lecture will be delivered this year by Dr Ian McNicoll, a former Scottish GP and an experienced digital leader.

Informatics Forum, The University of Edinburgh

<h3>AGENDA</h3>18:00 Doors open - tea and coffee 18:15 Memorial lecture 19:00 AGM BCS Health and Care Scotland 19:30 End

<h3>SYNOPSIS</h3>This talk will be a reflection on some lessons learned, often on a shared voyage of professional and personal discovery with Derek, covering: • The challenges of clinical information standardisation/ interoperability • Open-source vs proprietary development in digital health? • Public vs. private sector in digital health? • What is the role of the clinical informatician? • What is the role of the ‘clinical Hacktitioner’? • and .. whisky …By attending this event you can earn CPD from FEDIP

<h3>SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY</h3>Ian is a former Scottish GP who has been involved in digital health for over 40 years, working with openEHR technologies for the last 15 years via his consultancy, freshEHR Clinical Informatics, and as a past co-Chair of openEHR International Clients include the national health services of Sweden, Norway, Finland, Slovenia, Russia, England, Scotland, Malta and Wales, and a number of commercial organisations across Europe. He holds a Masters degree in Health Informatics from the University of Bath, and is an Honorary Senior Research Associate at CHIME, University College London.

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