Prof Joe McDonald

#NoPalantirInNHS @bengoldacre.bsky.social @purgepalantir.bsky.social @comparesoftware.bsky.social @adebyrne.bsky.social and especial mention to @bartlettdata.co.uk I'll buy the pints when this is all over mate

#NHS England's spending is out of control. This is permanent Microsoft lock-in. The article describes Copilot being used for very 'clinical-sounding' tasks - what could possibly go wrong? "NHS prescribes half a million Copilot licenses for its paperwork headache" www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20...

The NHS IT cycle of self-harm: 1 Ensure organisational knowledge is never written down, and is only in people's heads. 2 Make all the people redundant so your organisational knowledge is gone. 3 Do a 'discovery' to find out organisational knowledge your org used to have. GOTO 1

This has to be the end for the #Palantir #FDP A damning editorial in the BMJ Streeting: Make your move. Pick your side. www.bmj.com/content/393/... @coricrider.com @doctorow.pluralistic.net @comparesoftware.bsky.social @adebyrne.bsky.social @helensalisbury.bsky.social @bengoldacre.bsky.social

Nice one @comparesoftware.bsky.social ! I highly recommend reading Joe's book - it's plain speaking (unlike most of the healthcare tech literature) and it's essential reading whether you're a startup CEO or a CCIO or just curious as to how we could have made so little progress for so much money.

And if you want a quick intro to the book, here's Joe on Everything Digital Health last year taking about his booook youtu.be/sWzORLTtVck

Happy Easter folks. My tragicomic book "FHIR and Loathing in Las Vegas" about 2 decades in Health IT is free to download this weekend only. @waldo.net @marcusbaw.com www.amazon.co.uk/FHIR-Loathin...

Will you be reading FHIR and Loathing in Las Vegas from @comparesoftware.bsky.social? @roylilley1.bsky.social shares his thoughts in today's essential reading! #FHIR myemail.constantcontact.com/I-did.html?s...

amzn.eu/d/4F0rhUt My ebook is free to download til midnight tonight. 20 years of Health IT experience for free! @publicdigital.bsky.social @dhrewired.bsky.social @nhsemployers.bsky.social @nhsmillion.bsky.social @nhsenglandceo.bsky.social @nhsengland.bsky.social

I published a book this week amzn.eu/d/5x0oIXJ

If you enjoyed that discussion with @adebyrne.bsky.social then you'll probably also love the "'Make Medicine Fun Again' with Joe McDonald - HIMSS 2025 and Ambient AI Assistants" chat I had just a few days before, with @comparesoftware.bsky.social youtu.be/2gB8FAn_FK8

The deal? Putin"I want Zelensky, Macron& Starmer all humiliated on live primetime TV on consecutive nights, and then Zelensky fired, apprentice style. I keep what we've taken but promise I won't take the rest of the Ukraine until after your term is up." Trump:"ok" #theartofthedeal

God help us. Trump thinks being president is the same as running an episode of The Apprentice.

ow.ly/PcaC50V4hBy new job at The Access Group, talk to me about it at Rewired @dhrewired.bsky.social

A Single Patient Record. What could possibly go wrong?

Demos not memos, I can't believe I've just discovered you @waldo.net . I guess you know @tomski.com already?

I'll be spending March in New Zealand. It's a whistle-stop, 4-week tour, visiting palliative care colleagues, hospices & EoL doulas. I am so excited! I'll share the itinerary as soon as it's all confirmed. Hope to meet some Kiwi followers soon 🤞🏼🇳🇿

Talking 10 year plans with @marcusbaw.bsky.social in The British Virgin Islands @dhrewired.bsky.social @digitalhealth2.bsky.social

The unmissable double act of @pahlkadot.bsky.social and @andrewgreenway.bsky.social published this @niskanencenter.bsky.social report on re-invigorating state capacity just before Xmas. Deliberately US centric, leavened by some UK flourishes. public.digital/pd-insights/...

I suspect Elon Musk's outrageous tweets are a direct response to the risk posed by @bsky.app @dhrewired.bsky.social @digitalhealth2.bsky.social @nhsemployers.bsky.social @publicdigital.bsky.social

Starting 2025 with a short thread of my favourite, must-watch, YouTube video recommendations for anyone in Digital Health, HealthTech, Clinical Informatics, or trying to change culture in large organisations. Don't do ANYTHING else until you've watched ALL of them.

Next is Jerry Harvey's 1982 talk about the Abilene Paradox - the way organisations (couples, businesses, governments) often end up taking a course of action which is opposed to their interests. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFQ-... This one came via my good friend @comparesoftware.bsky.social

The Millennium Bug says "hi" and Happy New Year 25 years on!

Happy new year to all. Here's a ghost of Christmas past #digitalhealth #interoperability #FHIR www.digitalhealth.net/2022/12/joes...

GET INNNNNN! 🙌

A number one rant on @digitalhealth2.bsky.social this year www.digitalhealth.net/2024/12/digi...

It is a great collaboration. I think interopen in the U.K. could be a good vehicle to do the same www.interopen.co.uk/news/publica...

Interoperability is a global problem but Australia have put together a community, "Sparked" to fix it. Should the NHS do similar or just join in? youtu.be/Vr4YlyoO_Ak?...

It never occurred to me that Santa would start bringing tiny bikes again

This year's Christmas offering has an Aussie twist www.digitalhealth.net/2024/12/a-ve... @michaelhoskins.bsky.social @digitalhealth2.bsky.social @tomski.com

Merry Christmas to all my followers on Bluesky

🎁 Here's to another year! We have launched 3 new services, got stuck in with 37 projects, supported the national EPR Usability Survey, and welcomed 33 new people to Ethical! 💖 Thank you to all the incredible clients that we work hand-in-hand with to deliver positive and meaningful social impact.

www.digitalhealth.net/2022/12/joes... Here's an old Christmas column for @digitalhealth2.bsky.social New one coming soon?

NHS England has launched a review of digital clinical safety standards, requesting input from NHS stakeholders, IT manufacturers and those involved in digital risk assessment. Full story 👉 ow.ly/kNOn50UthVk