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Welcome to the One Health Alliance blog. This includes views and opinions of our members as well as guest contributors.

  • Battle of the Health IT conferences
    This week saw the second of May’s major healthcare IT events take place in the UK, Health+In4matics. The timing of the show meant that it went virtually head to head with HC2012, which was held last w …
  • Reflections from HC2012
    On the back of a bad week for the British economy where real growth is looking like a distant prospect with the news of double dip recession, it was nice to see lots of familiar faces (both NHS as wel …
  • Investing in telehealthcare could save the NHS £1.2bn BUT I am not going to tell you how!
    Last month’s announcement by care services minister Paul Burstow that telehealthcare could save the NHS £1.2bn gave promise to the financially challenged NHS, however it appears to have stirred up a h …
  • Time for telehealth to hit the High Street?
    Earlier this week I attended a telehealth event that brought together a small number of suppliers to discuss the 3 Million Lives Campaign. The campaign, which aims to provide telehealth and telecare t …
  • Why health IT is no longer risky business
    Earlier this week, health writer Roy Lilley leaked the long awaited risk register, which the government had fought a six month campaign against being made public. Not surprisingly the register listed …
  • Road ahead for the ‘Liberated NHS’
    After 14 months of extensive debate and more than 1,000 amendments, The Health and Social Care Bill will soon become the law. This law is expected to ‘Liberate the NHS’ and will give rise to a new NHS …
  • Smile, it could save your life!
    I noted this week that the Centre for Connected Health is interested in evaluating sensors that may be used to detect and monitor changes in emotional states. The effects of emotional stress on overal …
  • The difference between good and great exhibitors at HIMSS 12
    The biggest HIMSS ever. Hundreds of exhibitors, 35,000 delegates and more technology on display than ever before. This was the big picture for HIMSS in 2012. Numerous educational sessions were on offe …
  • Ability, agility, and ambition – what the NHS should demand from IT suppliers
    It’s the customer that counts. With healthcare IT that means ensuring that the NHS, and private providers, can achieve their goals and deliver for patients. Unfortunately, as the regular tales of deep …
  • Prognosis for the Health Bill? Worryingly terminal.
    Watching the progress and witnessing the government’s first defeat on its highly contentious plans to reform the health service, just a few hours after the Prime Minister mounted a passionate defence …