SPEAKER

Dr Ian McNicoll

 

AGENDA

18:00 Doors open - tea and coffee

18:15 Memorial lecture

19:00 AGM BCS Health and Care Scotland

19:30 End

 

SYNOPSIS

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 …

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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY

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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THIS EVENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

Health and Care ScotlandBCS Nursing, and BCS Edinburgh branch

 

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Hybrid: Derek Hoy Memorial Lecture 2025 - Discombobulation at 40ppm
Date and time
Monday 1 September, 6:15pm - 7:30pm
Location
University of Edinburgh
Informatics Forum
10 Crichton Street
Edinburgh
EH8 9AB
Price
Free