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BCS Multimedia Editor, Justin Richards, recently caught up with Dr Nigel Millar, Chief Medical Officer, Canterbury District Health Board, New Zealand, to ask him about the differences in health informatics between the UK and New Zealand.
The role of information and technology to support individuals in adopting a healthy lifestyle, reducing their health risk or managing their long-term condition is a topic that needs to be addressed.
Justin Whatling, Chair of BCS Health recently spoke to Amanda Matheson, BCS Press Dept, ahead of the HC2013 conference.
The BCS Primary Healthcare Specialist Group report ‘Fair Shares for All’ examines patient information governance in the light of stakeholder opinion and practice, relevant law, guidance, recent changes and proposals.
Despite the increasing adoption of open source software by heath care providers it’s becoming apparent that open source can never be seen as a ‘one shoe fits all’ policy and the decision to go down such a route must be carefully considered, weighing up each set of circumstances before taking the plunge.