TL;DR: Frustration with lack of cloud ability from clinical system providers. Career coaching conversations. [week ending 17/06/2022] Who did you talk to outside of your organisation? I chaired the Midlands Digital Health Skills Development Network steering meeting. The number of people attending courses is starting to grow and work towards…

TL;DR: Theatre Demand Modelling. Health Intelligence investment. Hospital demand analysis. [week ending 10/06/2022] Who did you talk to outside of your organisation? I had a chat with someone who’s been doing theatre modelling work for us. He’s been working with our Health Intelligence teams to hand over the model so…

TL;DR: When a start is a stop. Health Intelligence in numbers. System IG Board is the best meeting you’ll attend all week. [week ending 27/05/2022] Who did you talk to outside of your organisation? Several of us from the senior leadership team talked to a training provider company about the…

TL;DR: Iterating a Health Intelligence proposal. Discussing future ambitions for digital across the ICS. [week ending 20/05/2022] Who did you talk to outside of your organisation? Several of the team met with Nick, the new System C CEO. We took him through a retro of the last year or so…

TL;DR: Great conversations about AI applied. Serendipitous visits. [week ending 13/05/2022] Who did you talk to outside of your organisation? I joined the Midlands Digital Health Skills Development Network Steering Group. We’re in full-on planning mode for the conference in September, with some great speakers lined up. What do you…

TL;DR: A moment of doubt and the need for prioritisation. RPA at work and home. [week ending 22/04/2022] Who did you talk to outside of your organisation? Not so many occasions this week. Folks from across the east midlands at the EMRAD Board meeting and then at the weekly Digital…

TL;DR: User Manuals for Me session. Live with endoscopy clincal coding automation. [week ending 15/04/2022] (worked M-W) Who did you talk to outside of your organisation? Lots of people: Midlands Digital Health Skills Development Network steering group meeting. CIOs/reps at an Extraordinary EMRAD Board meeting. Several suppliers; talking about our…

TL;DR: Service desk shadowing. Visting HR on Fizz Friday. 12 month review of the Group Digital Strategy. This note covers two weeks. Missed last week due to leading a Cub Camp! [week ending 08/04/2022] Who did you talk to outside of your organisation? Martin and I talked to a number…

I’ve done this for a few years now. At the end of 2021, I set out some personal goals for 2022. It’s now time to review progress at Q1. TL;DR: Slightly under on all fronts. Need to crank up the software. >> Read 50 books. Slightly under target, 11 books…